watch for this, see if it spreads
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solarbirdDoug Mastriano training his followers in "as one" one-arm-raised mass salutes.
If it reminds you of anything, it fucking well should.
Wow. They're training 'em in it now. It's "As One" rather than "Sieg Heil" of course, because nobody speaks German, but it sure has the same cadence.
Watch the hands. Some aren't sure what to do, hands vaguely up like in class. Some pose like they're a witness in court. Some have one-armed "praise jesus" revival hands.
And a bunch of people have the full heil salute.
I wonder if they're the loudest barkers, after Mastriano.
"If you're willing to do it," he says. If they're willing to be transgressive enough to do what he's about to lead them through.
He damned well knows what he's doing.
Notice the hype man in the audience, of course. "Oh yeah!" he shouts. Instantly. He knows what this is too.
I mean, after all, he's part of the show.
The audio is interesting too. As technique.
He does the "AS ONE" shout twice, first to demonstrate, then with the group, barked both times. Listen to the difference. It's partly delivery, but not entirely. He has his sound crew doing something for effect.
The second "AS ONE" has a countdown, which is extremely useful for this live, and it. is. punched.
It's sharpened, brought way up to a hard high level compression for the first part of each word. Puts a real sonic pow on each syllable.
I can think of a few ways to do it. It's not difficult - in and of itself, it's just showmanship.
But they've practised that. And it's effective.
Of course, there's nothing wrong with using stage technique. That's fine.
It's what he's using it for.
Is he trolling? Probably.
Does he also mean it? Absolutely.
That's what 2016 should've taught everyone: you can troll and completely mean it at the exact same time.
See also Laura Ingraham. See that smug little smile? She knows what she's doing and how people will react.
And people were right to react.
You can be a smug little trolling asshole and a smug trolling would-be fascist at the same time. They love trolling us with this shit.
But that doesn't mean they don't mean it.
Someone trolling as a Nazi is still being a Nazi.
And that's the Republican Party of today.
Give them power at your own peril. Because they will use it.
If it reminds you of anything, it fucking well should.
Wow. They're training 'em in it now. It's "As One" rather than "Sieg Heil" of course, because nobody speaks German, but it sure has the same cadence.
Watch the hands. Some aren't sure what to do, hands vaguely up like in class. Some pose like they're a witness in court. Some have one-armed "praise jesus" revival hands.
And a bunch of people have the full heil salute.
I wonder if they're the loudest barkers, after Mastriano.
"If you're willing to do it," he says. If they're willing to be transgressive enough to do what he's about to lead them through.
He damned well knows what he's doing.
Notice the hype man in the audience, of course. "Oh yeah!" he shouts. Instantly. He knows what this is too.
I mean, after all, he's part of the show.
The audio is interesting too. As technique.
He does the "AS ONE" shout twice, first to demonstrate, then with the group, barked both times. Listen to the difference. It's partly delivery, but not entirely. He has his sound crew doing something for effect.
The second "AS ONE" has a countdown, which is extremely useful for this live, and it. is. punched.
It's sharpened, brought way up to a hard high level compression for the first part of each word. Puts a real sonic pow on each syllable.
I can think of a few ways to do it. It's not difficult - in and of itself, it's just showmanship.
But they've practised that. And it's effective.
Of course, there's nothing wrong with using stage technique. That's fine.
It's what he's using it for.
Is he trolling? Probably.
Does he also mean it? Absolutely.
That's what 2016 should've taught everyone: you can troll and completely mean it at the exact same time.
See also Laura Ingraham. See that smug little smile? She knows what she's doing and how people will react.
And people were right to react.
You can be a smug little trolling asshole and a smug trolling would-be fascist at the same time. They love trolling us with this shit.
But that doesn't mean they don't mean it.
Someone trolling as a Nazi is still being a Nazi.
And that's the Republican Party of today.
Give them power at your own peril. Because they will use it.
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Date: 2022-09-19 01:01 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2022-09-19 01:44 am (UTC)===If they get Pennsylvania…well, they already have Virginia and West Virginia…Even if they do not get Maryland, they have DC pretty much not getting National Guard if they decide to do another insurrection.
===(Maryland west of Fredrick is pretty much already going that way….)
===And yes, I fully expect that “As One” to be seen a lot in the next few months.
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Date: 2022-09-19 01:55 am (UTC)===And you have folk asking me why not move my family to Rockville…..(chuckles)
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Date: 2022-09-21 02:03 am (UTC)Which happens to be where I live...
The lunatics in Western MD and the Eastern Shore notwithstanding, MD should go safely for Moore. Cox is much further to the right than even strongly pro-life GOP nominee Ellen Sauerbray who lost in '94 and '98, ditto my namesake (and no relation) who won in '02 when he managed to convince conservative Dems he was a moderate, but lost in '06 and '10 after spending his four years in office railing against multiculturalism and trying to have all the Democrats working in the state government fired. Meanwhile, Moore's closer to the center than Jealous, so the centrist/conservative Dems should be much less tempted to vote GOP.
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Date: 2022-09-21 01:34 pm (UTC)===Good to meet you, I grew up in Silver Spring, and lived in Rockville until around 2007…I was just down there Monday regarding my first wife’s house.
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