tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post1324862442457522291..comments2024-03-28T09:54:55.115-05:00Comments on Dad29: G K Chesterton on HypocrisyDad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-60403782875151581412008-10-21T14:54:00.000-05:002008-10-21T14:54:00.000-05:00Sorry: I had intended to write "a self-described ...Sorry: I had intended to write "a self-described <I>radical</I> revolution" (i.e., <I>Rules for Radicals</I>). Alinsky was not especially interested in race.<BR/><BR/>In any event, working to rebuild the basic values underlying our system of government -- and the basic comity on which that government is based -- has to be the method to work against such radicalism.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-69901925894875766942008-10-21T05:27:00.000-05:002008-10-21T05:27:00.000-05:00Alinsky was honoring Nietzsche's "transvaluation o...Alinsky was honoring Nietzsche's "transvaluation of all values"...Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-38650700124998578672008-10-20T21:17:00.000-05:002008-10-20T21:17:00.000-05:00I still think it's a good point. Alinsky's focus ...I still think it's a good point. Alinsky's focus was on things Lucifer would like -- his whole point about insisting on the rules wasn't to reinforce the rules, but to undermine the concept of rules. It was to discredit the rulebook and the whole society that gave rise to it, in the hope of a self-described racial revolution.<BR/><BR/>If you're facing someone who takes Lucifer as his model, at least we know what is stronger. The way to reinforce society against that has to be the old way. As Chesterton put it: "If you would have the Horse of old..."Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-19132582302801390112008-10-20T16:35:00.000-05:002008-10-20T16:35:00.000-05:00And that's an 'intelligent' response, "ass-kicker"...And that's an 'intelligent' response, "ass-kicker"?Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-44451689892232456552008-10-20T16:05:00.000-05:002008-10-20T16:05:00.000-05:00you're an idiot of the highest order.you're an idiot of the highest order.Robert Doeckelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05614867826551140721noreply@blogger.com