Monday, November 02, 2009

The NEA. Again.

I Am Not Making This Up


 The DNC's bureau of agit-prop have, I guess, come out of the Liberal closet with this one.  HITFF can they possibly, not just recommend, but praise Saul Alinsky's guide to overthrowing the United State's government? Listen to this ...

Saul Alinsky, who was a labor and civil-rights activist from the 1910's until he died in 1972, has written here a guidebook for those who are out to change things. He sets down what the goal is: a society where people are free to live, and also aren't starving in the streets. A society where there is legal and economic justice. Then he sets out to say how to get there.

I got your Alinsky right hereAlinsky spends a lot of time critiquing the idea that "The end does not justify the means." What end? What means? He feels that there are circumstances where one can and should use means that in other circumstances would be unethical. I am not sure I agree, but Alinsky certainly speaks with the voice of experience.

Alinsky's goal seems to be to encourage positive social change by equipping activists with a realistic view of the world, a kind of preemptive disillusionment. If a person already knows what evil the world is capable of, then perhaps the surprise factor can be eliminated, making the person a more effective activist. Alinsky further seems to be encouraging the budding activist not to worry to much about getting his or her hands dirty. It's all a part of the job, he seems to say. [blah-blah-blah]

 Okay, I'm being a bit factitious in my outrage, having already endorsed the plan to drop the NEA hierarchy down an active volcano, but still  ...
Moonbattery

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Out from under the bed and into the street!"

e~C

Anonymous said...

Hey, I have an Alinsky too!
Tim

Greybeard said...

"Hey, I have an Alinsky too!"

Do you wipe it after you take a "John Kerry" Tim?

Anonymous said...

I read Rules for Radicals in 1972 when it was published. That's how I knew Obama's Presidency would be a terrible thing for the country. I lost friends telling them about it. I wish all of you would read it. I wish I could make it compulsory in schools, along with Mein Kampf and Machiavelli's The Prince. They were an innoculation against our enemies. Unfortunately, few others similarly immunized themselves.

I seriously recommend these books to everyone here, and to everyone else not here.

When I was in Jr High, I read Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, two engaging writers and Alinskeyite activists who made revolution seem fun and exciting. When I finished Rules for Radicals, I knew different.

Chuck Martel said...

I remember when the NEA was interested in teaching children how to read.

SFAOV Sgsaur said...

I've been known to take an "Alinsky", but usually only after a meal of truck stop chili & a six-pack of San Miguel. Lately, however, I've called them "Pelosis" or (if they're really wishy-washy) "Kenyan Wetbacks".

Anonymous said...

Spanish San Miguel or Filipino San Miguel?
Tim

SFAOV Sgsaur said...

As an old West Coast Sailor, it would be the fine, formaldehyde-infused brew from P.I. The "San Migooss are legendary.

Anonymous said...

When I do something like the latter two you mentioned, it's "taking a Schumer" - yannow, dark, greasy and offensive.
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick

Anonymous said...

I was east coast so I enjoyed the Spanish type. And Cruz Campo. And some that turned a turd into a two tone. Two different colors depending on the junk you ate from a street corner vendor. Wait. Half anf half. Two different colors. Why does that remind me of BHO?
Tim

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