The reason why people could hear Doggett, and other speakers talk about single payer and debunk the "kill the elderly" b.s. is because I out-bullied the bullys with a megaphone. They started to chant and drown out the weak PA system that was being used, but I immediately turned on the megaphone, walked to their section and demanded (at level mid vol) "We will have civil discourse, you will be polite while our representatives talk!!" - they were still chanting "NO, NO, NO" and I turned the megaphone up to 10 and said "what to toddlers yell then they don't want to go to bed?" (nononono from one section) "What do toddlers say when they don't like thier vegetables? (nononono from one section) "What do kids say when they don't know about anything?" - get it?
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The reason why almost every single speaker was not shouted down for a vast majority of the time is because I mocked them with a megaphone. Progressives told me afterwards that I was too harsh in insulting thier intelligence.
I demanded that their smartest goon tell me the definition of socialism - and then purposefully leaned back against a car with my arms folded, head down, passive. (No megaphone this time) "No takers- can't gather up the smartest one of you and come up with something other than no?"
That is what happened.
One man in a UT jersey walked up to argue with me one on one- I asked what Socialism was (no answer, of course) and then started to talk about the freemarkets - then other bullies saw thier opening to gather right next to him and yell questions at me - three others to his left - - I picked up the megaphone and used it point blank "I am having a civil discourse with ONE MAN- leave us alone - of course it worked.
A few rounds of this were necessary for them to stop chanting NO and drowning out any of the speakers- I think everyone talked and only a single heckler would start- I stood next to them (megaphone off- but you never know right?) and said YES with it off. He stopped. Same with another younger man doing the same thing- I walked by on purpose and did the same thing- we both laughed. You must bully a bully.
The chants will drown out speakers rather easily -"NO NO NO NO" hits a fast deep sound that drown out any thing.
I have several suggestions if any other person has the guts -
"this is what civil discourse looks like" (point to our side -quiet)
"this is what mob rule looks like" (point to the teabaggers saying NO NO NO)
Our side chanted "healthcare now" and they tried to counter it
I said "what would Jesus preach" (we chanted healthcare now)
Don't think that Doggetts' townhall went well just because our numbers were quiet and up front- the bully's sat in the back and stopped yelling NO because I mocked them. I questioned thier intelligence, harshly. I was not passive in how I defeated them.