Political Correctness Must Die
by James HudnallIn the early 20th century Marxism seemed like a good idea to many of the poor and downtrodden the world over. It hadn’t yet resulted in the untimely deaths of more people than all the wars of the 20th century combined.
Even so, radicals then were as annoying and crazed as radicals now. So the people weren’t universally jumping on their bandwagon. The Marxists couldn’t flip governments without the masses. So they worked on a system to undermine unity in society. The old adage “United we stand, divided we fall” was on their mind. They had to divide the people in order to tear society apart and remake it their way. Thus, political correctness was born.
This documentary does an excellent job of telling its story. PC is designed by German Marxists of the Frankfurt School to destroy Western culture.
It should come as no surprise the the destruction of the family is one of its goals. And as it gained in prominence, its goals have been realized. The polarization of racial groups, and even of
the sexes is another.
That’s plenty of reason to see it die a horrible death. Marxists have murdered many times more people than the Nazis. They have destroyed the livelihoods of people the world over and imprisoned many millions in gulags and work camps. The last thing we want to do is let them win here or anywhere else.
While it may seem communism is dead, communism, socialism, fascism are all part of a many headed hydra called statism. These are political systems which are all about empowering the state as much as possible. They name they go under now is “progressive.”
Many progressives on the ground think they are fighting for equal rights and social justice. The progressive elites know better. They want power and control over people’s lives. Political correctness is a tool to accomplish these goals.
It should come as no surprise that the oldest Marxist states threw off Marxism because it doesn’t work, and went with their own version of capitalism. Almost every single former Soviet state went gleefully to capitalism. Russia even has a flat tax. That’s a pretty sad comment on where we are right now when their tax system is simple and ours is a bureaucratic nightmare.
Political Correctness is hated by just about anyone you meet. The only people driving it are leftists and government bureaucrats, who earn a living from it. Pardon my redundancy.
Here are five good reasons Political Correctness must die.
1. It’s censorship: Point blank, that’s what it is. It’s used mainly by people on the left to attack people on the right, but not the other way around. When Miss California, Carrie Prejean, politely said she thought marriage should be between a man and a woman, the PC thugs proceeded to try to destroy her life. But when Obama said it he was elected president. It’s used to accuse people of racism even when there is no racism involved, It’s not only a scare tactic, but also a career-destroying move. And it’s a thuggish weapon of intimidation.
2. It’s bigotry disguised as manners: You may think all those touchy-feely names they come up with for various special interest groups are more sensitive and empowering than the “mean” names of the past, but most of them are patronizing and they segregating. When you separate people into classes, it’s creating a kind of caste system. History has shown us that caste systems are used to suppress and marginalize people by putting them in special groups. The insidious thing about PC is it claims to treat people better when it really does the opposite. It implies that people in these groups are somehow lesser and weaker and must be “protected”, presumably by the government, and then implies that they are not being treated well by other groups (namely white males) which is an inherently racist argument.
3. It’s an attempt at mind control: The goal of PC always has been to segregate people into classes, destroy the family by marginalizing and polarizing people from traditional values and culture. It also tries to rebrand things to force people to think along a different path. You might think that’s a good thing if it makes people more tolerant. While our culture is more tolerant than it was in the past there is no proof or evidence PC had anything to do with it. The fact is, lying to people (which PC does) and trying to destroy a culture by effectively brainwashing people is downright…
4. Evil: The textbook definition of evil is that which is willfully and maliciously harmful to others. What else do you call something that is used to commit so much harm against people and a society as a whole. It has become a rampant monster that destroys lives, careers, and society. It’s used by creepy, selfish people to hurt others. Race-baiters we all know and despise have been using PC for years to try to extort money from business and government by making up racist claims. That’s nothing but a form of extortion.
5. Why should we do what some faceless creeps tell us?: Most of the time we were told what the new term for something is. In the ’60s we were told Negro is not acceptable anymore. We should say black even though Negro is merely the Spanish word for black. Then in the ’70s we were told to use “Afro-American” then later “African-American” even though that term is not only a mouthful it makes no sense. A lot of black Americans are simply Americans, many others are from the Caribbean. Or they are mixed race like our president. Who makes up these lame terms and why should we start saying them? Because “we’re supposed to” isn’t a reason, that’s more of a threat. Who says we have to? Why shouldn’t we say steward or stewardess instead of flight attendant? Because “they” say so? Why should we take directions from faceless entities who tell us what we can say? Why can’t we say whatever we want? Most of the terms these people come up with are retarded mentally challenged. See, they hyphenate you to separate you from the rest of us, We’re all part of the same country, but they want to make you feel aggrieved. Angry and unhappy people are easier to sway with propaganda.
So I’ve listed a few reasons why PC must die. I could go on, but the real question is, how do we kill the hydra? It’s not an easy monster to beat.
I have some ideas. I will share them in part 2.







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Political correctness is about mind control, pure and simple. If you can keep people from speaking an idea, you kill the idea. This is a dirty, but very effective tool that must be fought.
How to kill political correctness. Good question. In an ideal world, we would just violate it. Over time, as more and more people violated it, it would simply cease to exist. Unfortunately, there are too many people on our side who will throw you to the wolves so that they can demonstrate their "tolerance." Those are the people who keep political correctness alive.
So how do we kill it? I think the only way to fight this fire is with fire. We need to use the same tactics they have used until it becomes untenable for either side to continue so that neither side is willing to use that tactic anymore (call it "mutually assured conversational destruction"). That's generally the only way to get the left to abandon a successful tactic.
Gee, the fascist misses the point again. Go bake something.
Stupid reply. Who are YOU to decide what's offensive to people? Our nannies, also known as the left are just watching out for us. But your one little sentence explains how liberals feel about everyone. That all the peons are stupid and have to be cared for and looked out for. By your idiotic sentence, you're assuming that bringing back cross burnings by the Democrat KKK will occur again. Everyone thank Auntie for looking out for us. What about the slurs, such as from Wanda Sykes, Janeane Garafalo? Do you mean those? How about the constant slurs against Christians from the likes of the weasel Bill Maher? Sounds like most of the abusive language has been coming from the left these days.
Where's the pie!!!!
excellent points. Political Correctness is actually cultural Marxism; it is meant to silence and intimidate, much like our pathetic pie provider… yes, by standing your ground amongst the Hissing Vipers of the Left knowing that your cause is righteous and just causes them to retreat back to the dark places they inhabit. The bromide that speaking your mind and standing on principle is somehow 'racist' or 'homophobic' is patently absurd…
Divide and rule is one of the oldest strategies in the book of statism.
I think the real only viable option is to use the forbidden words & not back down from the PC police.
As opposed to Christian slurs, Jewish slurs, military slurs, and family slurs. Never mind. Those are completely socially acceptable there in the troll cave and everywhere on the left. Have some pie, and go away.
Follow the yellow brick road to the Wizard to pick up your brain.
Your name should be IAMAFASCIST Auntie. It fits you and your ilk better.
I agree, however we must not the PC police define what is forbidden, and second, find out just who in the hell appointed these so called, police?
Antifascist's shtick: left-wing McCarthyism, ad hominem attacks, and straw man attacks in place of any logical debate or defense of potlical correctness and the doctrine of statism per se.
Antifascist and her/his ilk know they are working to destroy independent thought in the name of their dogma, so they make no effort to refute any of the sound arguments made in this article. Indeed, when progressives let their hair down they agree with most of the tenets of political correctness evaluated here, with the critical difference that the left sees elite rule, censorship, and social control as a good thing. Instead, they resort to baseless smears and personal attacks in an attempt to silence the opposition.
You know…..if you were any more ignorant than you appear to be, a government funded study would be have to be done to, determine your place in the evolutionary chain. Explain to me, in non-talking point language, how non-PC liguistical discourse is racist and homophobic. Stating the claim, with no factual evidence, doesn't cut it. Be persuasive! 80% of your final grade depends on it and next year, you can fall in with the second graders! It's win/win for you, poopsie!
Yeah, ……I fed the troll. I was really hopin' for a heapin' helpin' of Apple pie.
w/Vanillia Ice Cream………
I can't wait for the pie.
Define "homophobic" When you start telling people they have to violate their religious principles (prescribing abortion pills, forcing photographers to work at homosexual weddings and other such things) It is not homophobic to refuse such things. It is called practising religion and there is a reason it was the first one in the Bill of Rights. You guys want to control people, not just practice your deprived sex.
call it "mutually assured conversational destruction
damnit, Andrew! That's what I was going to post until I read it there. In all truth, your diatribe led right up to it.
Good man!
Let's start by building a fence (white picket preferable) around the entire country and declare the U.S. a "hate free" zone. We'll finance the fence by levying fines on anyone who makes any statement(s) against, or that can be construed as against, a homosexual's* right to marry. This will be a nice adjunct to our great leader's "stimulus" bill, and should bring in a nice chunk of change.
By the way, is there a fundamental right for a "Questioning" individual to marry another "Questioning" person, be they male or female? I'm guessing yes, but would like to hear from more liberal experts before coming to a final conclusion.
If Conservatives want to kill off political correctness, here's a good way to start: quit sending your alma mater donations every time there's a fundraising effort, and quit sending your children to state-funded schools. I love my alma mater, but until there is a sincere commitment to what we can largely call academic freedom, no more money from me (I"m not a big bucks booster, so they could care less). Many schools have divestment from Israel campaigns. Here's my idea: divest from universities. No protests, no editorials, none of that, just quit sending them money, and quit sending them asses to fill the seats.
So, where do you send you kids to get a quality education? I didn't say I have all the answers, but enriching the institutions that are the most responsible for the spread of PC seems quite silly, even if you love college football (which I do).
I like a good healthy dose of civil disobedience, sorta like the Marting Luther King model of intolerance – refusing to tolerate the status quo any longer.
I want racial and homophobic slurs to actually BE racial and homophobic slurs. Thanks to the PC Nazis, it's not just as socially unacceptable to disapprove of gay marriage as it is to call homosexuals "fags".
Calling people at Tea Parties "tea baggers" is perfectly okay, though.
I want racial and homophobic slurs to actually BE racial and homophobic slurs. Thanks to the PC Nazis, it's not just as socially unacceptable to disapprove of gay marriage as it is to call homosexuals "fags".
Calling people at Tea Parties "tea baggers" is perfectly okay, though.
Political correctness is defined as: deliberately avoiding offense: relating to or supporting the use of language or conduct that deliberately avoids giving offense, e.g. on the basis of ethnic origin or sexual orientation.
We are always hearing of these agendas that are meant to create empathy for some type of victim. If we turned the political correctness on them it would be harder for them to argue their points. Have the very people they are claiming to help, argue against them. Gun victims against gun laws. Abortion survivors against abortion. Minorities against affirmative action. The disenfranchised against entitlements. Immigrants against illegal immigration. Terminal patients against medical marijuana. Addicts against legalizing marijuana.
Sorry for all the examples. How could those who normally agree with liberal/progressive polices out of empathy support them, when they here the stories of the very people they are supposed to be helping condemn these politically correct agendas?
The best way to deal with the issue of Cultural Marxism is to deny it's existence in the first place. A communist construct of the 30's, it was meant to intimidate and silence. Conservative folk, being the upbeat pleasant sort that they tend to be, are aware of other people's feelings. It is this kindness that the evil Hissing Vipers seek to exploit.
So, deny them. Stand your ground. Be honest and forthright. it is, indeed, a liberating experience…
What's funny, no – side busting hillarious, is that these are the people who cry, whine and moan that they are the purveyors of open mindness and free speech. Then they actually say what they're thinking, like Auntie, that they want to be the ones who decide what that means. Doesn't sound so free to me. How about you Auntie?
Well you know, he was a Republican. I wish more of our current day Republicans had as stiff a spine as he did.
I'm turning both you guys in.
…You are getting very sleepy…
pitching one disenfranchised minority group after another (divide and rule) is THE oldest strategy of plutocracy.
Sorry to steal your thunder. But I'm happy that we think alike!
Yes, and that is what the left is doing — so what's your point?
Into every life a little civil disobedience must fall!
AntiFacist: Your name suggests you have a lot of self hatred going on.
yeah, that's pretty much it. what's retarded about this…
(oops, is that me being un-PC? uh oh. where are those brightbart thought police now?)
…is that what is a "racial slur", or a "homophobic slur" and what is not is societally determined. try to start a movement against it, just try it. if there ever was lost cause that is it.
its all misguided as he||. just keep it positive people. The negative ones – the ones either using slurs or the ones using Political Correctness as a club – they only hurt themselves in the long run. Time proves this. As Fat Albert said: "He who throws mud only looses ground!"
Secretary of DHS already targeted us.
She wasn't the point of the article, only that people have tried to tear her down because she merely said her opinion.
Maybe you should work on your comedy skills first. Nothing you've written so far is remotely deserving of a ha or HA!!
Racism has nothing to do with it. You are seeing racism where it isn't there which is what the PC mob tend to do.
Where does he think the plutocrats learned it? Haven't seen the word plutocrat since reading the history of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. But nevertheless, we plutocrats must stick together. How many plutos do you have?
You can't yell "fire" in a crowded theater and you can't force your religion on other people. What you do by yourself is your business, but if it affects me you are a nuisance to society.
It's funny that you should mention Auntie Fascist. Trolls are the modern internet version of the Nazi and Commie thugs who used to disrupt meetings of anyone they thought was dangerous to them.
When the Nazis and Commies were still struggling to gain power, they would send these thugs to the meetings to start fights, shout people down, or just attack the participants — anything to break up the meetings and keep their opponents from organizing.
Our trolls are just like those thugs, only more cowardly as they are afraid to actually face their enemies.
Breitbart doesn't have the DHS targeting people as terrorists or possible terrorist. As far as I can see, you're even allowed to spout your jibberish. So unlike the left, we conservatives are tolerating you. And unlike the left we haven't labeled you Stalinist. Try to get that courtesy at the Kos or DemUnderground. You won't. Thing about liberals I can't tell whether they're 5 or 50 years old. The arguments are the same.
It didn't say she was censored. You saw what happened…the PC thugs came after her and condemned her act of free speech. She gladly accepted the consequences of her actions which was merely to answer a question honestly and from the heart, and she was blasted for it.
And guess what? She forgave them. And didn't back down an inch.
I sold mine when they decided they were no longer planets.
I would say that she is the one of the front line of people who are starting the movement. She is not allowing the PC thugs to intimidate her. We should all follow and support her actions.
Come back disappearing post. . . come back. . .
Sleepy no, hungry yes.
If you only knew what he was actually talking about in point #2 because it's obvious that you don't.
I am writing this slowly, because I know you have a problem with comprehension. Read the first amendment. Nobody is forcing religion on you (I am an atheist myself) You want people to violate their principals, which are protected by the Constitution, for your convenience.
Post-modernist/post-structuralist (the distinction doesn't matter in this discussion) Michel Foucault, the openly gay man who cheered the Iranian Islamic Revolution as it executed gays because the Ayatollah's revolution was anti-Western, argued that language shaped thought, not vice versa. Hence the need for his disciples in leftist elite circles like academia and the press to control the language.
Orwell described the same process of mind control through language control in "1984". Orwell, BTW, was a democratic socialist who hated the totalitarian left. Political correctness represents a more subtle, but no less insidious, effort by the left today to eliminate thought deemed unacceptable by ruling elites.
Post your email, I'll get back to ya.
Or, let your kids build character and pay for their own school by working, or loans, or, *GASP*, joining the military.
Awesome!! The very first comment proves exactly what Hudnall is talking about: disagree with the thought police, and get called a bigot in lieu of reasoned discussion. (The strawman was tossed in just to make room in the closet, I guess.)
antifascist, please tell me that:
A. Your nym is supposed to be ironic, and:
B. You're actually Hudnall posting as a sockpuppet. Because you must be.
You can't shout "fire" in a crowded theater…unless there is a fire. Think about that.
Auntie Adolph,
Don't ever stop posting here buddy. The joy that you bring us, letting everyone make fun of your idiotic posts, is absolutely priceless. You are like the gift that keeps on giving. If I didn't know better, I'd swear you were a plant.
Hear hear!!! I am sorry but if someone is being retarded I am going to tell them… (which btw stems from the Latin ritardare which means to be slow)… :/ I am going to tell it like I see it regardless of whether it's going to "hurt your feelings"… If I "hurt someones feelings" by something I say then they really need to grow a pair and be a big kid now…
It's right up there with teachers not allowed to use red pens to correct students work because it "hurts their self-esteem" so it is deemed politically incorrect… :/
retarded idiots..
Don't listen AP, you're on a roll!
"It implies that people in these groups are somehow lesser and weaker and must be “protected”, presumably by the government, and then implies that they are not being treated well by other groups (namely white males) which is an inherently racist argument."
is he or is he not saying that its in fact the liberals who are racist? There's something to consider with this point here, but my point is still true: that now here it is the author that is casting someone as racist.
You know what? GOOD FOR HER. I mean that. I'm fine with what she did.
but my point, again, is that no censorship occured here.
You'd be a much more effective troll if you could debate coherently and come up with any valid points. Instead all you do is increase the hit count of this site improving the ad revenue.
boy, I'm getting roasted on that. I was going to say: "oligarchy", but in looking it up it seemed plutocrat was a better word. Or I could have said "the rich".
How about "the establishment" or "the powers that be" or "the franchise(d)"? If any of those work for you, let me know and we can start this all over again. . .
okay, now you are getting reported.
Thank you for reasserting what the real struggle is. Statism vs. Individualism. Every freedom-loving individual has to keep this squarely in focus. 2010 is coming up fast.
Who can guess what my favorite line from the original Bad News Bears was? Please, somebody up the ante from PC-U to a radical comedy that's main goal is to offend every single group by the end of the movie. Matt, Trey – were looking to you!
One thing to do is keep all of the PC non-words alive: I use the term "mongoloid idiot" every chance I get, and it's amazing to see people – even self-described libertarians – cringe. I love that. Then, women are "chicks" or, better yet, "gals." Remember to also use "shrinks" and "eggheads" too. Anything like that you can think of.
If confronted, any variation on, "I am utterly insensitive to your feelings" will work fine.
You flatter yourself with your nickname.
'Censorship' can be defined as attempting to police the morality/thought of others. The people who attacked Prejean weren't just "speaking out". They tried everything to take her crown away. Her statement, which was PROVOKED, not spontaneous, was used to disqualify her in a contest.
If it were just people saying they disagree, or that she's stupid, then you'd have a point. But any concerted attack on an individual because of something they say or do is censorship.
Truth is blasphemy in pc, so telling the truth no matter what, in as big or as small a way as one individually can, is the best way to tear it apart. Truth hurts, we always hear, but it hurts pc liars the most. Tell the truth, always, is the answer.
you score on several points here- yes they are the modern day equivalent of Red or Nazi thugs ala' the Beer Hall putsch… and they are cowardly as well. The most fascinating thing about this is the comparisons between Hitler's SA and Ernst Rohm- Andy Stern of the SEIU? Or Heydrich and the SS? the ACORN honchos? we floated this some time ago and it seems to have caught on (not that brilliant of an asertion, mind you) and some of the parallels are striking. Apt, too- this bunch is far more into fascism than garden variety socialism…
Societal political correctness needs to simply be defied. In the political arena and the liberal media zoo Republicans need to respond in the same manner Newt did at the R convention when asked a dimwitted question by some leftwing rodent with a press pass; he ripped the hypocritical propagandist and ridiculed their blatant one-sidedness. When Newt finished his brilliant slapdown the reporter simply said “thank you” and slithered away. This is how you deal with leftist fascists. If Republicans in DC are unwilling to verbally destroy these mental pygmies and stand up for the other half of America that rejected this fraud for a president then they should be kicked outta office.
I would just like to highlight how mentally challenged the govt lapdogs in the media are. Recently while channel surfing on the radio I heard Ann Coulter and decided to listen. The detestable wretch, Joy Behar, was sitting in for Larry King and asked Ann a question; I’ll paraphrase it: “Why are you homophobic rightwing nazis so mean to us? You capitalist pigs are never nice to us liberals.” Ann unfortunately didn’t rip this demented airhead and instead somewhat entertained the ridiculous question/assertion not to mention utter tone deafness to the hypocrisy. Conservatives should not give any legitimacy to their delusional dreck and should mock it mercilessly. Let the public see what fools these liberals really are; from their hyperventilating chicken-little syndrome over the weather to their appalling economic illiteracy.
we thought you were actually an intelligent addition to this site… silly us… enjoy your troll status and hide under your rock- no, make that a pebble…
The purveyors of PC need to be confronted with their own hypocrisy, which is generally surprisingly easy to uncover. Remember "the soft bigotry of low expectations"? Quite an ethical advance over political incorrectness that is, eh?
Funny thing is, when I think back on some of the politically incorrect comedy that amused me in my youth, some of the first names that come to mind are "The Firesign Theatre" and "The National Lampoon". Damned right-wingers…
I don't know what Ann said but the correct response would have been. "Wow. That was mean. You just called me a homophobic, nazi pig. I'm sorry but it's just not nice to call people names. I forget, who's supposed to be mean in this question?"
Must've been on the same wavelength. I threw out "chicky pie" and "gals" all day and it made my woman dominated department twist their necks like poor little puppies.
Political Correctness = Death
Most excellent.
What about Broads or Dames. Dames might be too old, but Broad might even get a laugh.
"PC is designed by German Marxists of the Frankfurt School to destroy Western culture."
Conspiracy Theories are the children of brilliant yet WEAK minds – capable of realizing the connections between seemingly disconnected entities, yet lacking the strength of will to face the true horror of the universe: That there is seldom if EVER any big-bad puppet master or even any purpose or organization to those connections or anything else… that the universe is amoral and chaotic by nature. The man who imagines a conspiracy while cowering in fear from chaos is the same as the man who imagines a god while cowering in fear from lightning.
wow, thats very kind of you. LOL. But "the establishment" or "powers that be" doesn't quite get at it. I was going for something more in the class-warfare vein. The franchised sounds like the collective ownership of the worlds McDonalds establishments. Here, would like some fries with your political correctness?
The people trying to "tear her down" are ALSO practicing their free speech. It's her right to offer her opinion, it's someone else's right to mock her opinion. It's the guy who owns those photos right to post them (since she was modeling for them.) It's even Perez Hilton's right to complain about her.
"We should all follow and support her actions."
If by that you mean, stand by what we believe and not be intimidated, then yes. I agree 100%. Thus I'm a troll. Now who wants some pie?
No, but the PC thugs have effectively discouraged the next contestant from stating her opinion. It's just not worth the hassle. The PC police don't have to actually censor you, they just have to make you think twice about saying anything un-PC and they've won.
Tell that to the jews. Oops. Imagine that I didn't actually reply to you.
Nope. "Establishment" was who we were after in the 60s. Find something more up-to-date.
We're opening pluto franchises.
AntiFascist wants there to be no racism. And to accomplish his task he's going to form a more perfect society, and the most-antifascist among them will have uniforms with armbands. And those who are racist, well not racist, those who tolerate free speech will not be able to work because they may pollute the thought culture of the workplace.
Because then the Thought Police try the other tack- the Uncle Tom smear. Just ask Clarence Thomas, Condi Rice, Mike Steele or any other black conservative or Republican. Liberals can't stand it when black people up and run off the Democrat plantation (to paraphrase Justice Thomas). If the insufficiently grateful belong to another victim group, say LGBT, then the PCPD charges them with "Stockholm Syndrome", or calls them "self-hating," or whatever other slur they can think of to delegitimize resistance to prescribed groupthink.
Ever read Mancuse, Bob? Gramsci?
Great piece – yes, political correctness has gone dangerously far in our society, distancing people from their own common sense. It must be stopped, crushed, killed. Count me in!
I wasn't saying that is why we have it, I was saying they are the ones who came up with the idea, and they did import it to the US. It took on a life of its own after various groups adopted the tactics.
And, again, you prove yourself incapable of logic or rational thought. Take the 'cognitive' out of your dissent. Why is it that you left-wingers are so intellectually flawed?
The concept is ironic reversal: when someone intends to do one thing, or acts under the auspices of some intent, but their actions bring about the reverse. It's juxtaposition: the statist presumes that by censoring speech they are fighting racism, when in fact they are being racist. It's remarkably similar to 'affirmative action'.
But of course you're a braindead troll who doesn't really care what the words mean.
Military-industrial complex? Nah, dated. Maybe Halliburton? That one always seems to raise leftist's hackles. Most of them don't even know what it is – they think it's some kind of right-wing organization, like the Elks.
I agree this is a predictable response that has been used in the past. Colin Powell is the best example of this, one minute the left say's he is Bush's "uncle Tom" the next minute they say Obama is credible on foreign relations and national security because Powell is endorsing him.
If those who argue against these "Stockholm Syndrome" tactics keep in mind Saul Alinskies Democratic playbook "Rules for Radicals" than they can plan their arguments accordingly. Knowing what the opposition is doing before they act is a very efective way to sway the American sheeple. They have utilized Rule 11 most often against their most dangerous opponents Clarence Thomas, Judge Robert Bork, Sara Palin Colin Powell, Condi Rice…
Rule number one is the bread and butter of the the Liberal/Progressive machine. They make the public believe the majority of America agrees with global warming, wind and solar power instead of nuclear, waterboarding as torture, amnesty for illegals and universal health care and so on. The majority of Americans do not support these issues in as great a number as they lead us to believe.
This is his list.
Rule 1: Power is not only what you have, but what an opponent thinks you have. If your organization is small, hide your numbers in the dark and raise a din that will make everyone think you have many more people than you do.
Rule 2: Never go outside the experience of your people.
The result is confusion, fear, and retreat.
Rule 3: Whenever possible, go outside the experience of an opponent. Here you want to cause confusion, fear, and retreat.
Rule 4: Make opponents live up to their own book of rules. “You can kill them with this, for they can no more obey their own rules than the Christian church can live up to Christianity.”
Rule 5: Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. It’s hard to counterattack ridicule, and it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage.
Rule 6: A good tactic is one your people enjoy. “If your people aren’t having a ball doing it, there is something very wrong with the tactic.”
Rule 7: A tactic that drags on for too long becomes a drag. Commitment may become ritualistic as people turn to other issues.
Rule 8: Keep the pressure on. Use different tactics and actions and use all events of the period for your purpose. “The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition. It is this that will cause the opposition to react to your advantage.”
Rule 9: The threat is more terrifying than the thing itself. When Alinsky leaked word that large numbers of poor people were going to tie up the washrooms of O’Hare Airport, Chicago city authorities quickly agreed to act on a longstanding commitment to a ghetto organization. They imagined the mayhem as thousands of passengers poured off airplanes to discover every washroom occupied. Then they imagined the international embarrassment and the damage to the city’s reputation.
Rule 10: The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative. Avoid being trapped by an opponent or an interviewer who says, “Okay, what would you do?”
Rule 11: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it. Don’t try to attack abstract corporations or bureaucracies. Identify a responsible individual. Ignore attempts to shift or spread the blame.
According to Alinsky, the main job of the organizer is to bait an opponent into reacting. “The enemy properly goaded and guided in his reaction will be your major strength.”
We need to know these tactics and plan accordingly.
Damn typos. MaRcuse.
Wonderful statement of the obvious. Welcome to the discussion that has been going on here for three days. Will you be informing us later that the sun came up this morning?
We've been waiting for the pie forever, I keep waiting for Keanu Reeves to show up and say all Neo-Like "There is No Pie."
Me too, I'm guessing a rhubarb plant.
Which coincidentally makes a great pie! *nudgenudgewinkwink*
9/11 truthers are brilliant?
I think it's a shared account, some days he's almost reasonable, other days you're wondering if suddenly all the Thorazine on Earth got recalled…
Exactly. The left are the ones that are always harping about Freedom of Speech…right until someone like Coulter, Tancredo or the Minute Men show up and then all of a sudden they have to "shut this hateful speech down!" I found it particularly ironic when they disrupted a symposium at Columbia where a former PLO and former Hitler Youth member were to speak about how fascists try to control thought and speech. The brave little Brownshirts shut those "hateful remarks" right down…
As I've said before, and I'm sure I'll say again, irony is completely lost on the left.
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