Posted on 08/06/2010 10:24:47 AM PDT by ynotjjr
BROOKSVILLE - Jason Sager doesn't have to look at someone else's pictures of the Twin Towers attack in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. {cut}
But around January 2003, he also joined a group of about a hundred other young like-minded activists and became a member of the New York chapter of Protest Warrior, often dressing up as communist revolutionary Che Guevara.
Protest Warrior was a satirical, covert group who crashed anti-war and anti-George Bush protest events and blended in with the group. Members would hold up mock signs purporting to espouse the same liberal views.
And it was his one-year involvement with this unorthodox movement that has raised eyebrows from the chairmen of the local Republican and Democratic parties.
"I think Mr. Sager has some explaining to do to the electorate," said Blaise Ingoglia, chairman of the Republican Party of Hernando County.
Ingoglia said he is concerned Sager's past life as a New York City Protest Warrior will give the Democrats more ammunition in the election and this 5th Congressional seat is a seat the Republicans cannot lose.
Ingoglia said he had not heard about Protest Warrior until being told by a Hernando Today reporter Friday. He said he did some quick research and visited some Internet sites and the messages he found are highly disturbing.
"Jason Sager claims this was supposed to be satirical (but) I can't see how dressing up as a communist revolutionary, who murdered hundreds of people, is funny in any way, shape or form," Ingoglia said.
Perhaps because of his black wavy hair and facial features, Sager often dressed up as Argentine Marxist revolutionary Guverra and joined his fellow Warriors, who would don wigs and wardrobes — depending on the rally — to impersonate revolutionaries Fidel Castro or Vladimir Lenin.
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Except the Protest Warrior people are LIGHT YEARS ahead of the Dem rabble with their spirit, cleverness and sense of humor.
It’s called freedom of speech. Did any of the Dummies confront him and ask him to leave?
I rest my case.
The Protester Warriors were wonderfully effective at mocking and exposing the radical anti-American left. The GOP dweeb needs to grow a pair.
Oh, get over yourself. Protest Warrior satirized the hypocrisy, delusions and double-standards of left-wing protestors. Satire has long been an illustrious and intelligent form of protest and counter-protest.
The Protest Warrior’s were heroes.
They are part of the reason that those stupid socialist Democrat protests get laughed at now days.
For me personally, this is a resume’ enhancer.
The guy protests intelligently, and of course the leftists are too ignorant to get it.
And the GOP elitists are to much in lock step with the left to admire such clever behavior.
It is most decidedly NOT wrong. If you think so, you know nothing about the PW folks.
Ingoglia said he had not heard about Protest Warrior until being told by a Hernando Today reporter Friday. He said he did some quick research and visited some Internet sites and the messages he found are highly disturbing.
So I take it that the media also found Protest Warrior to be "highly disturbing".
What's so shocking about this message?
At least the protest warriors made it clear WHO they were and did not pretend to be mad hatters disrupting tea parties.
If so, FR is entirely the wrong place to try and push this line of attack against Sagar.
God forbid we might elect someone who understands the nature of our domestic enemies, and who has actual experience opposing them on the street.
The left does NOT like to be mocked.
This includes the lefties who call themselves Republicans.
Oh BULL STALIN.
NONE of the damn communists who protested against Bush EVER got outted by the Pravda Media as BEING Communists.
When you say “this is wrong” you appear to be referring to the Protest Warriors. I hope that is not the case because if it is what the Protest Warriors were all about has completely gone over your head.
I can show you SCORES of genuine Communist banners and literature at anti-Bush and pro-illegal immigration rallies.
Can you show me this genuine bigotry at the tea party rallies?
I can show you "www.protestwarrior.com" branding on their signage to make to clear to those viewing them, who they are.
Not so the mad hatters.
No, it’s NOT wrong. It’s probably the smartest thing that anyone has done re political protest in years.
I admire him. I had thought of entereing a pro-Hillary group with a sign saying “abortionists for Hillary”.
REALLY GREAT POINT> Our side kicks racists out, whther they are genuine or ringers. The Commie murderer, however, is a valid face of their movement.
And how stupid is the guy who says that the satire is funny? Satire is not supposed to be comedy. That’s why it’s called satire and not comedy.
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