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ck4829

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Mon Apr 17, 2017, 06:42 PM Apr 2017

Turning up the heat at Town Halls

Confronting your illegitimate legislator is a great start, now as they become increasingly cloistered, here are some more things people can be doing according to Gene Sharp's "From Dictatorship to Democracy"...

Give out mock awards ("Yes, we are from Pathogens of America, and we just wanted to commend your efforts to try and repeal the Affordable Care Act!&quot
Walk-outs
Silence
Turning one’s back (Can you imagine the response if they want "virtual town halls" and cite "security concerns" and this and the two things above were the things people were doing?)
Withholding or withdrawal of allegiance
Refusal of public support
Reluctant and slow compliance ("You want me to sit down AND shut up? Are you... are you sure? Really?&quot
Stand-in (Stand up, take up as much room vertically as possible)
Overloading of facilities (Take a friend, take several friends, fill the room)
Overloading of administrative systems (Don't just call your Representative or Senator about Town Halls, no, but since they were so intent on selling your Internet history, then they obviously need to know you didn't look up anything subversive like Putin's polonium or Trump's tax returns on a daily basis)
Seeking imprisonment ("Lock him up!&quot

And the rest of the book is here, I am sure you can come up with your own ideas as well as see just how wobbly the Trump maladministration and their Republican henchmen really are:
http://www.aeinstein.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/FDTD.pdf

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Turning up the heat at Town Halls (Original Post) ck4829 Apr 2017 OP
Thanks for the link....n/t prairierose Apr 2017 #1
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