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OLB Message in Milwaukee: MITTS OFF MEDICARE!
OLB Message in Milwaukee: MITTS OFF MEDICARE!
by noise of rain
I sit in my in-laws' house in downtown Los Angeles and reflect on the immediacy of social media. Earlier tonight, two-thousand miles away on a bridge just west of Milwaukee, the Overpass Light Brigade displayed the message: MITTS OFF MEDICARE. It was strange to see it live-streamed, to know many of the people who were holding the LED signs, to see the comments from participants in this virtual community, and to hear the honks, greetings, and conversations of the participants on the bridge from such a large physical distance. The wonders of live-streaming: like being there but with pixelated vision and sound through a soda straw.
As soon as the first picture was posted on our Facebook site, trolls pounced
I'm not sure why. Dozens of them aggressively posting, hundreds of shares within the first thirty minutes... Perhaps it is that our Facebook "reach" is over 330,000 right now, and a lot of people are watching our messages, or perhaps someone shared our night's action with some prominent rightwing blog. Who knows?
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It is easy to delete the mean-spirited knuckle-draggers, though it gets a bit more ambiguous regarding those indoctrinated by Fox who claim they want dialogue but choose a medium, a voice, and an attitude that makes it clear they are only out to resist your resistance. Mostly, it is apparent that there is a strong rightwing counter push to the credible claims that "Romney/Ryan will end medicare" with a rabid assertion that "Obama is robbing Medicare of $700 billion," and the Romney and Ryan are Medicare's last great hope. The rightwing has new talking points, trying to redirect the savings in overcharges from pharmaceutical companies and make them sound like Obama has cut benefits. This is clearly their new meme. The vehemence is the most interesting thing about the assertion and indicates a collective adrenaline caused by either excitement, anxiety, or fear.
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/14/1119934/-OLB-Message-in-Milwaukee-MITTS-OFF-MEDICARE
by noise of rain
I sit in my in-laws' house in downtown Los Angeles and reflect on the immediacy of social media. Earlier tonight, two-thousand miles away on a bridge just west of Milwaukee, the Overpass Light Brigade displayed the message: MITTS OFF MEDICARE. It was strange to see it live-streamed, to know many of the people who were holding the LED signs, to see the comments from participants in this virtual community, and to hear the honks, greetings, and conversations of the participants on the bridge from such a large physical distance. The wonders of live-streaming: like being there but with pixelated vision and sound through a soda straw.
As soon as the first picture was posted on our Facebook site, trolls pounced
I'm not sure why. Dozens of them aggressively posting, hundreds of shares within the first thirty minutes... Perhaps it is that our Facebook "reach" is over 330,000 right now, and a lot of people are watching our messages, or perhaps someone shared our night's action with some prominent rightwing blog. Who knows?
<...>
It is easy to delete the mean-spirited knuckle-draggers, though it gets a bit more ambiguous regarding those indoctrinated by Fox who claim they want dialogue but choose a medium, a voice, and an attitude that makes it clear they are only out to resist your resistance. Mostly, it is apparent that there is a strong rightwing counter push to the credible claims that "Romney/Ryan will end medicare" with a rabid assertion that "Obama is robbing Medicare of $700 billion," and the Romney and Ryan are Medicare's last great hope. The rightwing has new talking points, trying to redirect the savings in overcharges from pharmaceutical companies and make them sound like Obama has cut benefits. This is clearly their new meme. The vehemence is the most interesting thing about the assertion and indicates a collective adrenaline caused by either excitement, anxiety, or fear.
- more -
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/14/1119934/-OLB-Message-in-Milwaukee-MITTS-OFF-MEDICARE
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