A live stream of Shia LaBeouf chanting was disrupted by Nazi-themed dancing. Then things got weird.

The Washington Post ^ | April 2, 2017 | Avi Selk

[2ndDivisionVet]

On the day of President Trump’s inauguration, two poorly understood forces of the Internet collided in a sort of bizarre death lock — a struggle that has manifested in the real world as Nazi-costumed dances in New York, a meticulously planned theft in rural Tennessee and last month, a raid on a British rooftop.

These forces are called 4chan and Shia LaBeouf.

LaBeouf is a Hollywood star who recently restyled himself as a highly meme-able performance artist — limiting his public utterances to a string of repeat tweets, for example, or showing up to a film festival with a paper bag on his head.

4chan is the magmatic underworld of the Internet: an anonymous forum whose millions of users gave the world the delights of Rickrolling, the misogyny of Gamergate and the corruption of Pepe the Frog.

Lately, 4chan’s vast energies have been spent disrupting a single webcam. LaBeouf’s art group installed the camera outside a museum in New York on Jan. 20, inviting the public to join the star in chanting: “He will not divide us … he will not divide us.”

“He Will Not Divide Us” was supposed to last the duration of Trump’s first term....

[TBP]

Definitely weird.

[doorgunner69]

A metro-sexual that wears women's leggings??

I suppose int the sewer of NYC that is not unusual...........

[LibWhacker]

For someone who declared he would not be divided from us, la poof sure ended up an ocean away in a fat hurry.

[fieldmarshaldj]

He should be locked away in a nervous hospital before he hurts himself anymore.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Shia is a Black girls name, right. Throw tomatoes at it!

[fieldmarshaldj]

Frankly, every time I hear its name, I keep thinking of the actress that played Cosby’s eldest daughter, Saundra.

[Charles Martel]

From the beginning, I've suspected that this was a publicity stunt by LaBeouf. He reportedly badmouthed Steven Spielberg to the Hollywood press, a true career-limiting move if ever there was one. He's trying to work his way back into the good graces of the industry power-brokers with this anti-Trump nonsense.

Unfortunately for Shia, the effort already has the stench of desperation and buffoonery swirling around it.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Nazi-themed dancing? Leftist code word for Polka!

[Salamander]

I thought this was epic:

“It’s really funny how a bunch of nobodies on the Internet can mess with a multimillionaire.”

Yeah.
Just ask Hillary about that.

[Paladin2]

I think of Sleepy LaBeef....

[catman67]

[Caipirabob]

I was kind of hoping to find an intriguing video of a "Shia Labouf Nazi Dance" but nope.

[Caipirabob]

Lol...beat me. OK, so I’m not alone on this. :)

[marktwain]

The Washington Post building up Shia LaBeouf as some sort of authority.

I watched one video of the guy. He seemed idiotic.

[Farmer Dean]

There’s something seriously wrong with the guy.Maybe he should get checked for a brain tumor.Seriously.

[struggle]

Sill waiting for season 5 to begin.

[marktwain]

I read the article. It could not help being a celebration of 4Chan!

Funny as can be. Clearly, they are the underdog, and are getting under the skin of the “Liberal Fascists”.

[Delta 21]

Love how the local boys chimed in.

TOTAL WIN

HA HA !!

[achilles2000]

A lot of male college students are finding this hilarious.