Why Isn't This Making Headlines?

[subdjoe]

A bunch of middle and upper class whites shutting out a black man. If this happened at a TEA event the media and blogosphere would be screaming that all those evil white people are racist bigots for not letting him have his say.

Not a word about this.

[jgaffney]

Unbelievable! It sounded like a kindergarten class, with the people repeating each phrase that the leader said over the mike. Imagine the field day that Big Ed Schultz or Jon Stewart would have with this had it been a Tea Party Rally!

[subdjoe]

Can you say "double standard?"

[jgaffney]

It's called the "human microphone." Hot Air characterizes it thusly:

The human microphone has caught on like a sold-out Christmas toy with OWS mobs across America, from Atlanta to Chicago to Riverside, California (the closest OWS mob to me), where a small but doughty group of Hoos hollered with all their might last Saturday night.

The human microphone idea is simple. The crowd repeats each phrase uttered by a speaker, in order to amplify the sound and ensure the message gets across. If you’re not alone in being reminded forcibly of kindergarten, wait, there’s more. Check out the Chicago link above, and scroll down for the links to photos of “spirit fingers,” “peace guns,” and “point of process” triangle hands. These methods of communication remind me of nothing so much as the cues used by grade school teachers with their young charges.

Myiq2xu (like that moniker?) explains it all:

Most of us have been to church at least once. Think about a typical service.

You sing together. You bow (or kneel) and pray together. You recite scriptures together. There is a reason for that.

Humans are social animals. We naturally congregate together. We are hardwired to submit to peer pressure. That’s why fashion trends and fads come and go.

Some people are more susceptible than others, but if you change groups don’t be surprised to find yourself changing the way you dress, talk and behave.

The “people’s microphone” and the hand signals are a way to get people actively involved instead of just passively observing. Once you do that the hardwiring in their brains starts to do the rest. You’re not selling out your critical thinking faculties, you’re bypassing them.

That’s why people go to a OWS protest and come back as a member of the borg. They let themselves become assimilated. That’s also why they’ll urge you to go too.

“Just come to a rally with me, and you’ll see what it’s all about.“

BTW – They used the same techniques at Obama rallies. (Hint, hint)

So, only by bypassing my critical thinking skills can I become a member of the OWS clan?

And, does that also apply to Obama rallies?

[jgaffney]

Here's what it's really about.

Is that clear now?

[subdjoe]

Not only double standard but double talk. Or maybe doublespeak.

Check this out, too. I suspect that it was going on since the first day.

www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/it_nyc_lam_sterdam_bmE4vlV5aDUWhBRv9IbaiK