Could Astro-turf Anger Turn Tragic?
An unruly House of Representatives can be silenced by the Speaker with a loud gavel. A committee chair can mute disruptions at a hearing by threatening to clear the room. Town hall meetings in the heartland are different. The member of Congress walks a fine line as constituents may try and take control with displays of disrespect and intemperate behavior. The local media are waiting to pounce on a frustrated moderator. No member of Congress wants to be portrayed as giving as good as he/she gets. Astro-turf organizers of anger know the scene in the district is different than in the controlled and more secure DC environment As the purveyors of hate troll for angry town hall attendees, the lists they target to incite might go beyond the loyal opposition. Federal judges in rural Montana have had their lives threatened. Bureau of Land Management buildings in Nevada have been bombed. Doctors have been shot and killed Do the folks inciting this anger really want to dial up the temperature as
