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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: combjelly who wrote (558378)	4/2/2010 12:48:13 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576375

"And what makes Alinsky so bad? From what I can tell, he worked with the poor and the disenfranchised. What is wrong with that?" "At the heart of the Alinsky method is the concept of 'agitation'-- making someone angry enough about the rotten state of his life that he agrees to take action to change it; or, as Alinsky himself described the job, to 'rub raw the sores of discontent.'" The fourth rule carries within it the fifth rule: Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage. Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.