Does anyone here know about the "Alinsky Method"?
The Republicans may call the Democrats "cultural Marxists social engineers", but they know very well how the game is played. Silence the voices of the people.
I became familiar with the "Alinsky method" the hard way. When I joined the teachers union over 15 years ago I attended the union stewards meetings on a regular basis. I was not a steward, but meetings were open to all members. After attending a few meetings I voiced my concerns about a health insurance issue. I was surprised (and flattered) to be invited to be part of a consensus building committee. Several committee meetings later I realized the ruse of "consensus building". Back then I researched the term and found many articles that referred to Alinsky. That name always brings to mind manipulation and deceit for me.
I still belong to the union but believe that all of the issues that we members vote on have already been decided. It's just a matter of discrediting the naysayers or convincing them to agree to the wisdom of their decisions. My dues to the union feel more like protection money.
Alinksy Method / Delphi Technique
http://overmanwarrior.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/the-delphi-technique-how-it-works/
Have you ever been to a public meeting, like a school board meeting, or a city council meeting, or a trustee public hearing on a zoning change, only to find out that the decisions had been made before the meeting ever began? And on your way home from those meetings where you had stood up and voiced your opinion, but the group preceded anyway in spite of your protests and asked yourself why you even bothered. It’s because of The Delphi Technique or some variation of it which is designed to build group consensus for a desired idea while creating the illusion of community participation. The Delphi Technique is something that everyone needs to understand. Since intellectuals began to implement these types of manipulative studies, which require specialized training to use and understand, techniques like the Delphi have subverted our election process in a subtle way nationally by subverting common sense logic in favor of a socialist oriented group conscious founded on illusion, because the end results are most of the time pre-determined....[/ i]
The Delphi Technique — What Is It?
http://www.learn-usa.com/transformation_process/acf001.htm
The Delphi Technique was originally conceived as a way to obtain the opinion of experts without necessarily bringing them together face to face. In recent times, however, it has taken on an all new meaning and purpose. In Educating for the New World Order by B. Eakman, the reader finds reference upon reference for the need to preserve the illusion that there is "…lay, or community, participation (in the decision-making process), while lay citizens were, in fact, being squeezed out." The Delphi Technique is the method being used to squeeze citizens out of the process, effecting a left-wing take over of the schools.
A specialized use of this technique was developed for teachers, the "Alinsky Method" (ibid, p.123). The setting or group is, however, immaterial; the point is that people in groups tend to share a certain knowledge base and display certain identifiable characteristics (known as group dynamics). This allows for a special application of a basic technique.
The change agent or facilitator goes through the motions of acting as an organizer, getting each person in the target group to elicit expression of their concerns about a program, project, or policy in question. The facilitator listens attentively, forms "task forces," "urges everyone to make lists," and so on. While s/he is doing this, the facilitator learns something about each member of the target group. S/He identifies the "leaders," the "loud mouths," as well as those who frequently turn sides during the argument — the "weak or noncommittal".
Suddenly, the amiable facilitator becomes "devil's advocate." S/He dons his professional agitator hat. Using the "divide and conquer" technique, s/he manipulates one group opinion against the other. This is accomplished by manipulating those who are out of step to appear "ridiculous, unknowledgeable, inarticulate, or dogmatic." S/He wants certain members of the group to become angry, thereby forcing tensions to accelerate. The facilitator is well trained in psychological manipulation. S/He is able to predict the reactions of each group member. Individuals in opposition to the policy or program will be shut out of the group....
What is 'Sensitivity Training?
http://www.newtotalitarians.com/index_files/WhatIsSensitivityTraining.htm
A specialized application of this 'change agent' technique, applied specifically to teachers, is called the Alinsky Method. It is a staple of the National Education Association (NEA). Saul Alinsky penned Rules for Radicals in 1971, in which he asserted that "any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the masses of people." [10] The radical organizer, he said, must be 'dedicated to changing the life of a particular community.' To accomplish this, the organizer must:
"Fan the resentments of the people of a community; fan the latent
hostilities of many of the people to the point of overt expression
--he must search out controversy and issues ... An organizer must
stir up dissatisfaction and discontentment [sic] ... He knows
that values are relative ..truth to him is relative and changing."
... Make no mistake. The Tavistock-Delphi-Alinsky approach to 'consensus-building' works. Each is a further refinement upon the last. It works with adults, including teachers, and school children. It works with students in college classrooms, community leaders, and even church groups. It works in 'leadership and ethics' programs at our nation's premier military academies. 'Change agents' walk in with a smile, a pleasant demeanor and a handshake. The targets rarely, if ever, know they are being manipulated. This is now becoming a reality in the nation's military -- the last institution to come under the spell of the 'cultural Marxist' social engineers.
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You are all invited, we are planning on taking E. chromi beforehand, so that our rainbow colored shits will celebrate gay rights.
No! Nobody has heard of this stuff.
Let me tell you: There is nothing worse than getting ready for a nice casual weekend celebrating Alinsky by shitting for Lucifer, than when George Soros' voice comes crackling through your mind control beacon, telling you at the last minute that everybody is expected to where a TUX to take a crap for the devil. I mean, where does he expect to find one on a Saturday before MLK day??? c'mon!
Hi Mia,
I don't know, but Bill Maher's bit on it last Friday was hilarious (and scary). Here's a link to the article about the bit - the video has been taken down but might be available at the HBO site.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/28/maher-asks-who-the-f-k-is-saul-alinsky/
Enjoy!! 
You need to add a summary for readers to know where you're heading and read on...
Thanks for a really illuminating post!
Made me go search for additional information....
Is it AlinKSky... or AlinSKy?
I just thought it was part of the Grand Alinsky Conspiracy Theory we have become part of. Um...of which we have become part? Oh, yes. That's much better. 
G'nite!
