The suspicion of protesters reached a point at which Trump supporters were informing on each other for not being “real” supporters. One woman pointed security toward a couple sitting quietly in their seats. “Them,” she mouthed.
The couple seemed baffled and denied to a security agent that they were anything but genuine Trump admirers. He waved them toward the exit and said, “Let’s go.”
Afterward the informer, who declined to give her name, grinned as onlookers congratulated her. “I heard one of them say ‘Never Trump’,” she said. “And one held up three fingers, like this.”
She held up her hand in a Boy Scout salute.
What did the three fingers signify?
“I have no idea,” she said.
From: Donald Trump speaks to shrunken Atlanta crowd as poll numbers drop | US news | The Guardian
Well, this suggests some obvious gamesmanship for trump protesters: show up in regular clothes, and denounce some actual trump supporters before getting thrown out yourself.Report
Maybe Trump supporters are like the CPUSA used to be — two undercover cops for every real Communist.Report
This post by Scott Alexander seems relevant:
http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/06/14/living-by-the-sword/
Who could have guessed that a movement based on fear of contamination by outsiders and rejection of conventional norms of courtesy would prove to be paranoid and have no internal norms of courtesy?Report
Donald Trump speaks to shrunken Atlanta crowd
“Does your campaign suffer from electyle dysfunction? Perhaps political Cialis is right for you.
(Side effects include paranoia, feelings of self-loathing, and increasing detachment from reality).”Report