Thursday, September 24, 2020

Combating Trump rallies

Here's a tactic I propose to the Biden campaign and to Biden supporters to combat Trump rallies: 

When there is a rally, as many Biden supporters as possible should go to the rally facility or site. The Biden supporters should encircle the facility or site, using social distancing and masks. If there are enough Biden supporters, they can form multiple concentric circles around the Trump rally facility or site. Probably it would be most effective if the Biden supporters are silent, do not have signs, and are stationary. There should be three or four exit spaces in the circle of Biden supporters that surrounds the Trump rally facility or site. After the rally, as the Trump supporters leave the rally, they will see a large number of Biden supporters in a big circle surrounding the Trump supporters and staring at them. The Trump supporters can either walk through the exit spaces left in the big circle of Biden supporters, or the Trump supporters can walk out between the socially distanced Biden supporters. In either event, the Trump supporters will see a large number of Biden supporters arrayed against them and will either have to look Biden supporters in the eye or the Trump supporters will have to avert their eyes. All of the foregoing should be very effective campaign messaging for Biden-Harris and be amplified by great news coverage of the rally.

This idea was prompted by Trump's September 22nd rally at the Pittsburgh International Airport in Moon Township and the accompanying crowd pictures, such as below.



Yesterday morning, I submitted a post to the Alabama for Joe Biden Facebook page consisting of the introductory words "Here's a tactic to combat Trump rallies: " followed by the exact language in the second paragraph above plus a link to an article about the September 22nd rally, including the above photos.

My post was approved by the group administrators and it was posted on the FB page. My post received 9 likes and the below 6 comments:

I think going as undercover trump supporters would work. Just stay and play dumb like all trumpites.
Sounds like a good plan if you want to arrested or our asses kicked by rednecks.
Sounds like a recipe for those Trump supporters to start being violent!
JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE!
Sounds amusing. But there would be people yelling at you. With masks off. Spittle soaring.
And then the fights. …SeeMore
I think the smart thing is for Biden to keep on doing what he’s doing to keep his followers safe since the Coronavirus is still raging and speeding. If there wasn’t a pandemic I’d gladly attend some of Biden’s rallies if it was anywhere near my location.
 
Today I learned of Trump's rally tomorrow night in Newport News and I added a comment to my above post, saying, "Trump is having a rally tomorrow at the Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport at 9 pm, doors opening 6 pm. https://www.wtkr.com/.../president-trump-to-hold-make..."

I next proceeded to send the below tweet to the Newport News Democrats:

Next I got a notification that the FB group admininstrators had deleted the comment I had added to my post. About 20 minutes after that the administrators deleted the post itself. The explanations given were:
[explanation for deletion of post]
Group rules that were violated
1Follow Joe’s Code
We are a community that values: Compassion, Faith, Resilience, Empathy, Kindness, Humility, Joy, Respect, Inclusion, Dignity, “No Malarkey”. All posts must reflect this.
[explanation for deletion of comment (before post was deleted)]
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