Posted on 05/19/2018 5:48:12 AM PDT by mairdie
...The left, despite conventional wisdom, has no monopoly on Alinsky's rules. Instead these rules can be used by the right, also as blueprint for effecting change.
The dirty little secret is that Alinsky has little in common with modern leftists. As Ralph Benko writes, "Alinsky was an aggressively anti-communist, anti-big government, populist with a healthy contempt for liberals." He would more likely be found at a Tea Party rally wearing a MAGA hat than at a resistance march wearing a pink pussy hat. ...
President Trump, knowingly or unknowingly, has co-opted Alinsky's Rules for Radicals, using them effectively to advance his agenda. How ironic that the tactics of the left are being used against the leftists themselves. The left knows the rules only for playing offense. Now that the rules are being used against it, it is at a loss as to how to react and respond.
For Trump-supporters, typically being on the losing end of Alinsky's rules, it's a refreshing treat to finally be on offense, scoring touchdowns, leaving Democrats and NeverTrumps babbling and unable to stop or slow the Trump train.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Mod, this has already been posted.
I did search first and didn’t find it. I always try to search first. I search on a small segment of the headline so that shortened ones will show up. First use of Alinsky was shown in 2005.
It is about time we used the “rules” on them!
“Alinsky, you magnificent bastard, I READ YOUR BOOK!”
good one worth reading twice daily!
Even Glenn Beck is going NUTTIER if that's possible:
Thank you for the article regardless of whether it’s been posted previously or not.
Just watch one of his rallies. Supporters queue up hours before, and most never even make it to the arena. Trump is funny and entertaining. Imagine either of the Presidents Bush holding a similar rally. Or a President Kerry or Gore. That would be as exciting as watching paint dry. Trump's opponents don't like his tactics because they are defenseless against them, reduced to braying about Russia or Stormy or calling for impeachment. But his supporters can't get enough of Trump calling out the media and the Deep State.
"Keep the pressure on. Never let up."
Great post...
It also helps to scroll down the list of articles that have been posted. Make sure to select the “Title Search” rather than keyword search
Who cares. I wish you t call ups be posted again and again and again.
I like multiple posts. I wish there were more of them.
Sarah Palin’s fault.
With that comment, you, sir, have won the morning!
It was posted about 45 seconds before you did. No wonder it didn’t come up in your search.
I missed it the first time. I’m glad it was posted again
“Mod, this has already been posted.”
Oh, you’re the one who always told the teacher who was talking while she was out of the room.
I’m glad it was posted twice...I missed it the first time around.
Complete BS!
From discoverthenetworks.org:
"Philosopher and podcaster Stefan Molyneux says that Alinsky, for his part, described himself as a "small-c communist," meaning that he embraced the principles of communism but never formally joined the Communist Party. Chicago alderman Leon Despres, a Communist Party member and a college classmate of Alinsky, once said: “I don’t think he [Alinsky] ever remotely thought of joining the Communist Party, [but] emotionally he aligned very strongly with it.” And Alinsky biographer Sanford D. Horwitt wrote that Alinsky was “broadly sympathetic” with the politics of his friend Herb March, who worked as an organizer for the Young Communist League."
That doesn't mean Trump isn't 100% right to use the Left's tactics against them.
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