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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (10849)	10/29/2009 2:31:45 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

I previously understood that Alinsky was/is bad. Now I understand much more about what makes people like that tick. Yeah, they're in league with The Devil. I would break the "L" and the "O" on my keyboard if I gave that all the "LOLs" it deserves. It boggles my mind that anyone would think a rant like that might be useful. That piece is nothing but ad hominum, ad hominum so far out there that Hitler isn't strong enough so the Devil is required. The "understanding" I get from that piece is that the author has a screw loose. I try to be respectful of people's religions--the Constitution and civility bid me to do so--so if he wants to believe in the Devil, he's entitled. But invoking the Devil is an emotional tactic aimed at folks who are fearful of such things. It is not a rational argument. It can't be persuasive because it doesn't appeal to the brain but the viscera. "So Alinsky begins by telling readers what a radical is. He is not a reformer of the system but its would-be destroyer. " Of course that's what a radical is. I was trying to get that across in numerous posts. Radicals want to upend the established system and replace it with something else. They are so far outside the box that they want to blow up the box. That's what differentiates radical from progressive. Duh. He could have just said so and left out the Devil crap.