Rule 5 and Rule 11

Vincent J. Curtis

17 Nov 2016

Rule 5 of Saul D. Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals reads, “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.”  There is no defense.  It’s irrational.  It’s infuriating.  It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions.

Rule 11 reads, “The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.”  Never let the enemy score points because you’re caught without a solution to the problem.

Since the election of Donald Trump certain cities in America have been beset by rioting, or “demonstrations” and “protests” in the delicate language of a media that believes in the same cause as the rioters.

Let’s apply Rule 11.  Okay, rioters what do you propose?  Do you want the results of the election overturned?  Are you trying to force Trump to adopt a progressivist political line – the line of Barack Obama that was so decisively rejected at the election?  What is the point of all this property destruction?  The short answer is that you don't have an alternative, constructive or otherwise.

There is no chance of Trump bowing to your demands, rioters.  He got elected because most of the country despise what you do, and have little use for what you stand for.  Your protests confirm that Trump’s election was the right thing to do.  Trump’s election is the repudiation of you, you losers and cry-babies.

That last line broached onto Rule 5, ridicule.  Poor losers and cry-babies, that’s what they are.  They’ve had their turn, and now it’s somebody else’s, and they can’t tolerate that.

It’s almost fun to watch liberals in the media speak of “fear” (I’m thinking of you, Juan).  I know that “fear” is disingenuous, it’s a way of asking for their way anyhow despite the election results.  But if they truly are fearful, then they deserve the pain they suffer.  They’re being stupid, and being stupid deserves punishment.  Tell me you’re afraid; I’m enjoying it, but try to be more convincing when you say it because I hate being lied to my face.  Lying to people’s faces was a strong motivator to vote against Hillary, Obama, and everything those two stood for – like Obamacare, that was passed on a lie.  Adolescents are better at lying to get their way then they are.  The rioters and MSM are too old to be adolescents, even as they try to recreate the skills they once possessed at a younger age.

Don’t tell me you’re suffering when you’re not.  That’s another example of the PC lie that just got repudiated.  Grow-up you cry-babies, you infants; we’re on to you.  It’s not working any more.

Rule 5 is great.  Highly satisfying to use.

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