boutons_deux
06-22-2017, 11:03 AM
The story starts last week, when the right wing decided to aim its selective outrage at a free staging of Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar” held in New York City’s Central Park.
Mike Cernovich, a self-described member of the alt-right who thinks (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/us/politics/mike-cernovich-bio-who.html?_r=0) the U.S. should give immigrants IQ tests, put up a YouTube video in which he offered cash to any protesters willing to disrupt the play for pay.
“I’ll give up to 10 people $1,000,” Cernovich says in the footage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiWioFmFEwc).
“I need you to get up with either a ‘CNN is ISIS’ or ‘Bill Clinton’s a rapist’ or ‘The media is terrorism’ [sign]. And if you’re able to get up and be escorted out by security, then I will give you $1,000.”
In other words, Cernovich was actively and openly looking to recruit paid protesters. You know how conservatives made up that ridiculous myth about George Soros sending checks to liberals who march in protests? This is the real version of that, only sponsored by Cernovich.
The story actually gets richer, so to speak, as it continues. The night after Cernovich’s offer, two protesters went to see “Julius Caesar” in the park. Semi-notorious right-wing media figure Laura Loomer snagged a ticket for a second-row seat that definitely should have gone to someone who actually wanted to see the play.
Alt-right provocateur Jack Posobiec, whose greatest hits include pizzagate (http://www.mediaite.com/online/pizzagate-conspiracist-attends-white-house-press-briefing-who-is-he/) and the Seth Rich conspiracy lie (http://www.alternet.org/right-wing/newt-gingrich-and-sean-hannity-are-breathing-fresh-life-disgusting-right-wing-conspiracy), also showed up.
The two Trumpites told the New Yorker (http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/behind-the-scenes-with-the-right-wing-activist-who-crashed-julius-caesar-laura-loomer) they hadn’t planned to meet—which may or may not be true—and once they spotted each other, they sat apart so as not to arouse suspicion. “Are you here for the Cernovich contest?” Posobiec reportedly texted Loomer, according to the New Yorker. She responded, “Just stay tuned.”
In the middle of the production, Loomer stormed the stage, briefly halting the action and earning a chorus of boos from an audience that just wanted to see some Shakespeare. There’s footage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8B8dYhbTeU) of the whole thing, including Loomer being removed from the stage as she shouts “CNN is ISIS”—the exact phrase Cernovich suggested—over and over.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/there-are-real-paid-protesters-but-theyre-all-right-wingers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29
:lol
Mike Cernovich, a self-described member of the alt-right who thinks (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/us/politics/mike-cernovich-bio-who.html?_r=0) the U.S. should give immigrants IQ tests, put up a YouTube video in which he offered cash to any protesters willing to disrupt the play for pay.
“I’ll give up to 10 people $1,000,” Cernovich says in the footage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiWioFmFEwc).
“I need you to get up with either a ‘CNN is ISIS’ or ‘Bill Clinton’s a rapist’ or ‘The media is terrorism’ [sign]. And if you’re able to get up and be escorted out by security, then I will give you $1,000.”
In other words, Cernovich was actively and openly looking to recruit paid protesters. You know how conservatives made up that ridiculous myth about George Soros sending checks to liberals who march in protests? This is the real version of that, only sponsored by Cernovich.
The story actually gets richer, so to speak, as it continues. The night after Cernovich’s offer, two protesters went to see “Julius Caesar” in the park. Semi-notorious right-wing media figure Laura Loomer snagged a ticket for a second-row seat that definitely should have gone to someone who actually wanted to see the play.
Alt-right provocateur Jack Posobiec, whose greatest hits include pizzagate (http://www.mediaite.com/online/pizzagate-conspiracist-attends-white-house-press-briefing-who-is-he/) and the Seth Rich conspiracy lie (http://www.alternet.org/right-wing/newt-gingrich-and-sean-hannity-are-breathing-fresh-life-disgusting-right-wing-conspiracy), also showed up.
The two Trumpites told the New Yorker (http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/behind-the-scenes-with-the-right-wing-activist-who-crashed-julius-caesar-laura-loomer) they hadn’t planned to meet—which may or may not be true—and once they spotted each other, they sat apart so as not to arouse suspicion. “Are you here for the Cernovich contest?” Posobiec reportedly texted Loomer, according to the New Yorker. She responded, “Just stay tuned.”
In the middle of the production, Loomer stormed the stage, briefly halting the action and earning a chorus of boos from an audience that just wanted to see some Shakespeare. There’s footage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8B8dYhbTeU) of the whole thing, including Loomer being removed from the stage as she shouts “CNN is ISIS”—the exact phrase Cernovich suggested—over and over.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/there-are-real-paid-protesters-but-theyre-all-right-wingers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29
:lol