IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN SHUSHED, SHUNNED, SILENCED, IGNORED, OR MARGINALIZED BY THOSE IN PoWeR, THEN WELCOME TO THE &%$#@# CLUB! WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU!!!
You are NOT an insolent little child, yet those protecting the status quo treat you as such.
The Rule 12 Club originates from rule #12 of the Los Angeles City Council Rulebook, specifically dealing with public delays, disruptions, and decorum. When faced with an iconoclast, the statement "Pursuant to Rule 12, you have been excluded from these proceedings" is announced (at times with delight), and the individual is removed from the room as a parent might send an unruly child off for punishment.
Rule 12 Club is a line of designs for those who raise their voice when no one else will. For those who believe rules are meant to be bent, and sometimes broken, in the fight for progress. For those who stand their ground, and will NEVER give up.
LIAR EXTINGUISHER
Lots of talk. Even more promises. Nothing ever is accomplished... which is the point. Politicians are all about "potential", a game that can be played for as long as those on the receiving end allow. But that's the thing about most games -- they take two. Counter with the "liar extinguisher". Rather than fire retardant, such a device dispenses facts and irrefutable counter-arguments, extinguishing the offender in a cloud of truth of which they cannot escape.
CON-TROLLED CHAOS
Politicians love to "pledge" solutions, "address" issues, and "value" your concerns. And there's the money. Lots and lots of money. Of course, after they assume office one might wonder if the rhetoric was all one big cash grab con job. Hey, "promises" aren't buying them that red Porsche Turbo S, baybee! And as long as they can control the political chaos, there's more delicious money where that came from.
DISTORTION OF THE TRUTH
The title of the piece kinda says it all. And since truth is already a subjective version of “fact”, we're WAY OFF reality, here.
DISTORTION OF THE TRUTH (DARK SHIRT)
SILENCE IS COMPLIANCE
Shhhhhh. Don't raise your voice. Put down that megaphone. If you don't follow the rules we've prescribed you adhere to, you will be silenced. Comply with the dictum, or face the consequences.
Unfortunately for those in PoWeR, making noise is your life force. You are an amp turned to 11... times 1000. Good luck quelling THIS force of nature, political hack!!
SILENCE IS COMPLIANCE (DARK SHIRT)
KONFORMITY KIDS-- STATUS QUO
The Konformity Kids are a group of spoiled, rich brats who've been coddled their entire lives. Hardship? What's that? Hunger? Fix me up some filet mignon with a side of fries, servant! Social ills and political strife are someone else's problem, with "cheerful obliviousness" being the name of their game. And, to them, everything IS a game, since life isn't real. Simply do what you're told and you'll get everything you want, which is easy when you have neither a clue nor a care what's going on in the world around you.
KONFORMITY KIDS-- TRUE LOVE
KONFORMITY KIDS-- know the rules
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In our modern time, one is presumed guilty until proven innocent. With social media, mainstream media, alt outlets, and political figures getting into the action, it might be an easy sell to disappear into a hole rather than be knee-jerk accused of anything and everything for even the slightest peep from your mouth. But what those quick to judge don't realize is that you WANT to disappear. As your message grows stronger, as more individuals take up the fight, it's far more difficult for those in PoWeR to retaliate, for they're now battling -- not a person -- but an ideal.
