How to stop the screaming_ Town Hall Forums

1) At entrance into the facility, have a hand out on "procedures" for asking questions. State that a person must give their name and where they are from, when they begin. Just state that due to recent disruptions and screaming, this is the protocol to make sure everyone gets their questions answered. Failure to follow these rules and rude interruptions will result in their removal from the facility so that the people there can continue.

2) Have someone on computer getting the info on the "disrupter". Have a chain or a series of reliable bloggers connecting the info.

It sounds a little Big Brotherish.

..starts yelling and screaming, throw the bastards out.

that is the standard that we set for both sides. At this point, it cleary is not the case.

... generally speaking, make a nuisance of yourself, a Bouncer or two will lead you to the Door. :)

The same deal should hold for Meetings.

:evilgrin:

And maybe they could sign in on a page that says they agree to the terms of participation and understand that they may be removed if they can't abide by the rules.

:shrug:

No signs, no buttons, no T-shirts with slogans, no hats, and like voting you have to be on the list of people from that district.

Announce that anyone who is strongly opposed to socialized government health care, like Medicare, will have their information will be forwarded to the Social Security Administration to cancel their coverage.

Watch them scatter like roaches.

Have the audience write down their questions. We've held several town hall meetins, on the war and on healthcare, and we always handled questions this way - saves people asking the same question, over and over again. That was just about our only screening. Maybe we were lucky because we never had a gaggle of wackos show up.

a distraction.
If there is a handout like I said above, stating simply and clearly the two rules, they KNOW that they have been warned and can be removed. This is in keeping with peaceful removal of civilly disobedient and whacked out people. The thing is there has to be either a cop or security at the door so as not to let the nut back in with a gun.
And yes, no guns or knives should be allowed nor nasty signage or any signage.
These meetings are for the people. All people weather they agree or not. They are not for causing distress to people nor are they for "political pranks". They are serious informational meetings and should be conducted as such.

"Crazy" - Patsy Cline

Crazy
Crazy for feeling so lonely
I'm crazy
Crazy for feeling so red!!111!!

edit to change 'blue' to 'red'

and have it videotaped ... discreetly ...