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Republican Is the New Punk
The Weekly Standard ^ | September 10, 2018 | Matt Labash

Posted on 09/10/2018 9:32:42 PM PDT by OddLane

It’s not much to look at from the outside, a dingy apartment building in a downwardly mobile stretch of burglar bars, psychics, and coin laundries. When asked the name of the neighborhood, one inhabitant classifies it as “no place in the middle of every place.”

It’s not much better on the inside. The guy I have come to see answers the door of his cheerless one-bedroom shirtless, in camo shorts and Chucks, while pulling on a white polo in order to appear less feral. He’s not a down-on-his-luck porn producer, though he used to work in the industry. He’s not some middle-aged gangbanger, though he could pass for one: solidly built with his name tattooed on his knuckles and a branding-iron mark singed into his chest. He is Sabo, America’s preeminent right-wing guerrilla street artist.

This sounds impressive. Yet being the Banksy or the Shep Fairey of the right is not a high pile to climb. It’s a bit like being the foremost reggae singer at the Grand Ole Opry or the premier scuba outfitter in the Kalahari. There’s not a lot of competition...

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: duplicate; sabo; trump

1 posted on 09/10/2018 9:32:42 PM PDT by OddLane
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To: OddLane

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2 posted on 09/10/2018 9:37:15 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Free Republic Needs Your Monthly Donations!!!)
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To: OddLane

The original article is so long I never did finish it.
But the overall attitude seems somewhat respectful to Sabo, albeit grudgingly.
I’m somewhat surprised that Sabo has chosen this time to step forward. Maybe somebody else was planning to expose him without consent.


3 posted on 09/10/2018 9:58:44 PM PDT by lee martell (AT)
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To: OddLane

Weekly Standard is the same old punks.


4 posted on 09/10/2018 10:47:21 PM PDT by mindburglar (I like spelling it Lazers. It looks cooler.)
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To: OddLane

Long but interesting.


5 posted on 09/11/2018 12:00:38 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
One of the great things about Reddit is that it prevents you from reposting articles that have already been published on their site.

It makes it so much easier for lazy people like me.

:p

6 posted on 09/11/2018 11:50:35 AM PDT by OddLane
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To: mindburglar

Indeed.


7 posted on 09/11/2018 11:50:51 AM PDT by OddLane
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To: lee martell
He's done a lot of publicity lately-Stossel also interviewed him, IIRC, or Reason.

And yes, it's very long-35 minutes long, to be precise.

8 posted on 09/11/2018 11:51:36 AM PDT by OddLane
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