{"id":180197,"date":"2017-06-27T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2017\/06\/27\/live-in-obedient-fear-citizen-30\/"},"modified":"2017-06-27T17:45:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T22:45:00","slug":"live-in-obedient-fear-citizen-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2017\/06\/27\/live-in-obedient-fear-citizen-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Live in Obedient Fear, Citizen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Don Tinfoil Hat<\/p>\n

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Lyndon Larouche abides<\/i><\/div>\n

Charlie lost his ID card, he does not have a driver’s license, so I took him to the DMV to order a replacement.<\/p>\n

On the way in, we noticed these guys with a table with a big sign talking about an FBI conspiracy against Donald trump.<\/p>\n

On closer inspection we noticed that their signs referenced LaRouchePAC.com, so seriously crazed conspiracy theorists.<\/p>\n

We had about a 20 minute wait at the DMV, so he wanted to think about a potential taunt.<\/p>\n

He was concerned that he could not come up with one quickly, because this sort of reaction is analogous to a stand-up comic dealing with a heckler, and because he does stand-up comedy now and again, this troubled him.<\/p>\n

I reassured him that that comics frequently prepare in advance to deal with potential hecklers, so we can prepare something for the inevitable wait at the Department of Motor Vehicles.<\/p>\n

<\/a>As we are waiting, he floats out some ideas, and I float out some ideas, including his pointing at his hat, and saying, “Chem Trails.”<\/p>\n

Charlie wears a blind fold that he made out of duct tape as a hat. He made it for blind folded Rubik’s Cube competitions, and it does evoke the whole “tinfoil hat” thing, so the juxtaposition of the hat and, “Chem Trails,” is a statement that is both amusing, and unclear: It could be mockery, and it could be a statement that one is a fellow traveler conspiracy nut.<\/p>\n

He liked that one, so that is what I was expecting when we left the DMV (He took the hat off for the ID pick, BTW).<\/p>\n

Instead, he looked the man in the eye, and said:<\/p>\n

Live in Obedient Fear, Citizen!<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And then he turned and walked away, giggling as the guy at the table said, “What did you say?”.<\/p>\n

Of course, this phrase is VERY<\/b> well known to the reader(s) of this blog.<\/p>\n

He needs to work on his delivery, he said it too quickly, and he should have pitched the words lower, because it really works better when said in a stentorian manner, but he worked out what would be the best quick take down.<\/p>\n

FYI, here is some stand-up from a year ago: