Friends, I thought this to be an authentic Saul Alinsky writing because it rings true to many things we see happening today, but I've since learned he didn't write this. He did write "Rules for Radicals," that influenced Obama & Hillary. I regret the error.
As the doc's been circulating for years, I assumed it genuine. Yes a battle over education, creating unsustainable debt, antipathy towards religion, etc. are real. But these 8 steps are not a genuine Alinsky piece. I want to be accurate as I critique the Left
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Suddenly "whataboutism" is redefined by the Left as that unforgivable thing only the Right does, when it's a standard tactic used in arguments by all 🤣
IOW, whatsboutism is unavoidable unless EVERYONE decides to never make comparisons during a debate.
So is "whataboutism" a legit argumentative tactic? That depends on the accuracy of the facts used to support a particular use of it. Underlying "whataboutism" is the sense that groups ought to get treated equally under the law or by media...
When many of the Right see how the FBI & DOJ are going after Trump now, on top of the way he's negatively treated by left-leaning media, they see major disparate treatment. But the Left that hates him long ago dismissed him as a traitor & doesn't care...
The Dept. of Injustice continues its extraordinary #J6 vendetta against President Trump and his supporters.
Ordinary Americans who simply showed up at the Capitol have had their lives ruined, forever branded "domestic terrorists..." bit.ly/3cNXFHn
A few are now charged with serious crimes. But in reality #J6 was an UNARMED protest that escalated in part due to provocation & non-MAGA agitation. Dems peddle a lying, unfactual, & purely political "insurrection" narrative... bit.ly/3PJzloK
#Trump urged rallygoers to the Capitol peacefully & patriotically. That's #freespeech! That some entered the Capitol unlawfully CANNOT be blamed on his standard rhetoric. Meanwhile the DOJ/FBI & MSM persecute Trump while protecting Joe & Hunter Biden...