Report from today's FAKE 'Patriots for a Moral Utah' news conference

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Source: Salt Lake City Weekly

... I saw activist Ashley Anderson moments after entering the Capitol rotunda for the press conference. I was immediately suspicious because I interviewed this guy about his interactions with the Yes Men while he was visiting Copenhagen earlier this year, but I thought maybe he was at the Capitol to counter-protest. Soon after, I also recognized Dillon Hase, a guy who told me just last week that he's a member of Peaceful Uprising, of which Anderson is also a member (note: I have no idea if this was a Peaceful Uprising action, or who besides Anderson and Hase may be behind it, only that the only connection between Anderson and Hase that I know is PU). Hase was dressed with slicked hair and suit, and introduced himself to me and others as "Paul Jackson," of "Patriots for a Moral Utah."

I needed no further confirmation that I had been punked than seeing those two gents, and thus tweeted around 1:15 p.m., "The forced relocation of homos thing is a joke." Moments later, I added, "I recognize two of the guys as local activists." Another few moments later, I tweeted "Some young people are here demonstrating against the initiative. Don't know yet if they are 'in' on the 'joke.'"

... The kubuki press conference then went down, with everyone playing their foolish parts, knowingly or not. Some woman I don't know or recognize, playing "Nora Young," of "Patriots for a Moral Utah," answered most of the questions with a straight face and tried to rush out when the questions got hot. I asked them, in a tone that should have left no question that I was pissed, "Are you serious?"

I also asked her to comment on the allusion to Nazis. Still in character, she claimed she had no idea that Hitler called his plan to forcibly remove and exterminate Jews from Europe his "final solution," a phrase that appeared in their initiative. "Paul Jackson," played by Hase, stood by her during it.

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