Posted on 08/17/2017 5:19:57 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
It is a sad truth of our current societal situation that those on the left wing of the political spectrum no longer possess the ability to argue political issues based on anything resembling facts or logic. I used to say that they no longer desire to do so, but it has become abundantly clear over the last decade that progressives simply no longer have the ability.
The left abandoned any effort to really debate issues at the outset of the Bill Clinton presidency, as the Clintons brought their Saul Alinsky rules for radicals tactics to the White House. Those rules consist of a dozen tactics that focus away from working cooperatively with the opposition to reach reasonable compromises on issues, and focus instead on a mounting a constant drumbeat of demonization of the opposition. What was a first a conscious, intentional decision by those on the left to abandon facts and logic has, after 25 years, become a complete loss of the skill.
Rule 12 reads “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” This is the tactic the Democrats and the fake news media have used against President Trump since Hillary Clinton and her campaign people invented the “Russia Collusion” fantasy play two days after last November’s election. That fantasy, and James Comey’s collusion with it, got them a Special Counel investigation, and will probably nab them a few victims like Paul Manafort for Robert Mueller and his team of Clinton/Obama shills to prosecute. That tactic initially conformed to Alinsky Rule #6, “A good tactic is one your people enjoy.” But it has now worn thin with the public, as the months and months of investigations turn up no real evidence that Donald Trump and his people colluded with the Russians in any way.
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And the Alinsky Republicans.
Well, yeah, that’s a fair point too.
The big problem is the GOPeers who are intent on defeating themselves.
A VERY IMPORTANT POINT HERE
Just what I was thinking.
Exactly. The left fights dirty. The right takes it for the most part. If we don’t start to counter, the US will go down. So many are afraid to speak up.....worried they’ll be labeled “racist or NAZI or white supremacist”. On a local level, I’ve been using their tactics against them. Things are coming to a head.
Thats exactly what I was gonna say!
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