Right you are. Straight out of Saul Alinsky's 1971 book, Rules for Radicals of which POTUS #44 BHO is an acolyte. Freepers have become well versed from this book since BHO was elected in NOV 2008
RULE 1 - Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have. Power is derived from 2 main sources – money and people. “Have-Nots” must build power from flesh and blood.
RULE 4 - Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules. If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules no more than the Christian Church can live up to Christianity. ... This strategy explained why Christian churches were muted regarding teaching the truth about homosexual sin. Fornication, adultery, and divorce had become so rife in the American general public by 1970 that the church would be clearly seen as hypocritical to condemn only homosexual sin. Also, there was concern that if religious leaders condemned heterosexual sin, especially divorce, from the pulpit, it would negatively affect attendance and membership.
RULE 5 - Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. ... “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report”, both of which are featured on the cable TV channel, Comedy Central, utilize this technique to devastating effect and are especially popular with young adults under the age of 30 who consider these satirical shows to be their primary source of breaking news information.
RULE 6 - A good tactic is 1 your people enjoy. They’ll keep doing it without urging and come back to do more. They’re doing their thing, and will even suggest better ones. ... The 2011 ascension of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement was a sterling example. Gay Pride parades are another.
RULE 8 - Keep the pressure on. Never let up. Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters 1 approach, hit them from the flank with something new.
RULE 9 - The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself. Imagination and ego can dream up many more consequences than any activist. ... The Southern Poverty Law Center and the ACLU have mastered the technique of intimidating groups at odds with their agendas by threatening lawsuits, e.g., local school boards of education and corporate boards of directors. One of the goals of these threatened lawsuits is to get the offending groups to agree to bring in outside consultants to facilitate diversity training.
RULE 10 - The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition. It is the unceasing pressure that will result in the reaction of the opposition that is essential for the success of the campaign.
RULE 11 - If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive. Violence from the other side can win the public to your side because the public sympathizes with the underdog. ... A good example of this is the homosexual rights movement. Judeo-Christian teachings for over 2,500 years taught that active homosexuality was destructive to the individual and society. In just over 40 years, the homosexual rights movement throughout Western civilization has almost nullified this teaching.
RULE 12 - The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative. Never let the enemy score points because you’re caught without a solution to the problem.
RULE 13 - Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions.
This is what we are seeing in the U.S. right now with the (1) Republican Party – John Boehner/George W. Bush/ Mitt Romney/ Newt Gingrich/ Michele Bachmann/ Dick Cheney, (2) SCOTUS – Clarence Thomas/ Antonin Scalia, (3) Christian churches which adhere to orthodox teaching on all sexual sins – the Pope/ Bill Donohue/ Franklin Graham, (4) FOX News Channel – Bill O’Reilly/Sean Hannity/ Roger Ailes/ Rupert Murdoch, (5) conservative media – Glenn Beck/ Rush Limbaugh/ Michael Savage/Michele Malkin/ Matt Drudge/ Ann Coulter, (6) BSA – Wayne Brock, (7) National Rifle Association (NRA) – Wayne LaPierre, (8) the TEA Party movement – Sara Palin, and (9) the Family Research Council – James Dobson.
The 2 most effective examples of this rule used by progressives are the use of the words (1) “racist” and (2) “hater”. Calling political opponents these labels is extremely intimidating and difficult to counter.
But even the devil makes mistakes—look at what happened with the Trayvon Martin defenders who tried to lynch a “white man” for “stalking” and killing an innocent black child. They are in it up to their necks. Arrogance can act like a boomerang coming back and hitting you in the teeth.
It is easy to see how Alinsky’s methods are being used by the Democrat Party but the fool Republicans do not push back. If they at least had some guts they would put them on the defensive. I am listening to Judge Jeanne Pirro, right now. I greatly admire her because she has strong beliefs and isn’t afraid to say them. I wish she would run for office, we need more people like her. I also like Michele Bachmann because she has the same fighting quality. Ronald Reagan was also a happy warrior.