I think this article really misses the mark, and it doesn’t understand the problem.
The power of ridicule, Alinsky’s point, was not at all about bullies. It was about labeling, minimizing, and removing an opponent/argument from serious consideration by the general populace.
This is the tactic employed against Sarah Palin, most effectively by the late-nights and SNL. The plan was to remove Palin from serious consideration by making her instead and object of scorn IN THE MINDS of the average American.
So, you can’t just act dignified and drive on. You have been branded, and you’ve been branded a comic sideshow....something to be laughed at. Your serious discussion cannot be heard.
That is why Pres. Bush’s decision to remain quiet was so tragically wrong.
Your second line sums up the Alinsky ridicule attack methodology, “It was about labeling, minimizing, and removing an opponent/argument from serious consideration by the general populace.”
The author of the article had no real method of countering it.
The way to do that is to laugh at the attacker, followed by an immediate counter demeaning their facts, logic, ethics and morality for being so desperate as to have to stoop to such an argument.
If the conservatives can’t learn how to win the debate, they will be destroyed by communism or will have to fight a civil war rather than passively hand over their possessions and their freedoms.
BAAAAAD choice.
Better, by far, to learn how to squelch the Liberals.
Like it or not, communism IS in the White House, and in the hearts and minds( be they ever so shallow) of the average American.
Thank a teacher for the prevalent acceptance of communism amongst far too many Americans.
I AGREE — ridicule is about marginalizing.