How to Quell a Protester
John Yoo ·
September 9, 2011 at 6:55am
Thanks to Tim for his post, and for the comments on my handling of it. They had me chortling. I am always willing to improve. I used to tease the man sitting next to a protester about his poor taste in dates (but my friend Mike Uhlman was sitting next to the protester last week, and I didn't have the heart).
How about Ricocheters post their favorite retorts, real or hypothetical, to disruptive protesters? I promise to use the best ones the next time this happens, and I will report back.
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Jun '10
Re: How to Quell a Protester
Kozak: How about the classic comic's response:
" hey buddy I don't come and throw rocks at you while you're mowing lawns".... · Sep 9 at 5:15am
Landscaping is honorable work.....I'm not a fan of this kind of insult.
Jun '10
Re: How to Quell a Protester
Given the topic at hand, this is brilliant.
May '10
Re: How to Quell a Protester
The is a YouTube clip of George Carlin putting down a heckler in just about as obscene a manner imaginable, a real atomic bomb of put-downs. It's a guilty pleasure but I couldn't recommend it to anyone with any kind of sense of decorum.
Sep '10
Re: How to Quell a Protester
"Perhaps next time you could bring a shoe."
Jun '10
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Groucho Marx: Remember men we're fighting for the lady's honour, which is a lot more than she's ever done.
Lady Asquith: Mr. Churchill, if you were my husband I'd poison your tea.
Winston Churchill: Lady Asquith if you were my wife, I'd drink it.
May '10
Re: How to Quell a Protester
How about this:
The next time you're heckled, invite the heckler to the stage. Tell them it's obvious to you that they must have something important to say since they spent so much time and energy to get to the venue to stop you from talking. Offer them five minutes to say their peace while you sit in the audience. Sit down, cross your legs, get comfortable, and watch them attentively as they begin to speak. Nod your head about 30 seconds in, as if they had made an excellent point.
Then unobtrusively reach into your pocket and pull out the air horn that you brought with you for this very occasion...
Feb '11
Re: How to Quell a Protester
How about Sarah Palin response to a heckler during her vp campaign:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZZpmzJu06M&feature=related
Jul '10
Re: How to Quell a Protester
Maybe Rob Long's corollary [or slight variation thereof] might work:
"Sometimes, when people think "outside the box" the result is something interesting and revolutionary.
And sometimes all they do is remind you why there was a box in the first place." ·
Mar '11
Re: How to Quell a Protester
Karl Rove was great about that, at times subtly digging the evil-behind-the-throne meme. He reportedly liked the "Rove-as-Palpatine" take that American Dad did of him.
Jun '10
Re: How to Quell a Protester
Personally, I find a great deal of evil in Karl Rove.
Sep '10
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"I'd like to thank the sponsors of our talk today for being so generous with homeless outreach."
Aug '10
Re: How to Quell a Protester
http://youtu.be/bkNnmun5fZE
Katt Williams goes after an "aztlan-wannabe" heckler in the audience, NSFW.
Edited on September 9, 2011 at 10:29pmDec '10
Re: How to Quell a Protester
flownover, gmta.
Edited on September 10, 2011 at 1:34amAug '10
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"Smithers, release the hounds."
Oct '10
Re: How to Quell a Protester
Apparently your definition of evil is very personal too.
May '10
Re: How to Quell a Protester
I find Kevlar, Velkro and Valor in Karl Rove, but not evil. How do you get that?