Alinsky took Machiavelli and updated him for a new generation. It was as if he sat down with a copy of "The Prince" said a prayer to Lucifer for inspiration and started writing.
Now, if you are aware of his tactics, it gives you the advantage of understanding your opponent enough to know what he will do next. And then you can work on the offensive which puts you in the football in your hand.
Now, am I advocating to work by Alinsky tactics? Nope. Feeding 200 homeless people beans and then taking them to a posh event so they can expel those beans on cue is not something I would ever emulate. But knowing that THEY would do something like that IS important. Michael Moore pulls those kind of stunts. And, I think it is a good idea to know this.
The number one rule of war is to know your enemy. It is in the U.S. Army rule book. Alinsky is Obama's tactician, and we are fooling ourselves if we think we can ignore him.
I agree. What I object to is seeing people as the enemy. I know that's hard because there are some real a-holes but calling people that disagree with you an enemy is a dangerous road to walk on. The left has a tendency to go to the extreme with that kind of thinking.
And another thing I don't like is how using Alinsky/the Prince have left the country. It's not a better place because of it. This country is so divided. Look what it's done to the left. They're bitter and twisted. If using that tactic works, it comes with one hell of a price.