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Study Guide Rules for Radicals by Saul D. Alinsky (SuperSummary): A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals

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Rules for Radicals was mentioned as a book by Saul Alinsky, who was said to not be a communist by the speaker. The speaker quoted a passage from it, talking about personalizing and polarizing targets.

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Saul Linsky who some say is a communist I don't think he was but I read his rules for radicals he says pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it organizations, institutions are made up o...

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Rules for Radicals was mentioned as a book by Saul Alinsky, who was said to not be a communist by the speaker. The speaker quoted a passage from it, talking about personalizing and polarizing targets.

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Saul Linsky who some say is a communist I don't think he was but I read his rules for radicals he says pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it organizations, institutions are made up of individuals the strongest exposs are always about an individual not a amorphous blob of an institution

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The book was mentioned in relation to a theory about the left accusing their opponents of the things they themselves are doing. It is a tactic used to undermine their opponents.

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Well, yeah. I would prefer it if they would stop. But it's right out of rules for radicals though, right? Accuses your opponent of what you're doing. They accuse us of being genocidal for saying, don't sterilize kids. And people believe it. It's ridiculous.

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The book was mentioned in passing as a potential source for Antifa handbooks on conducting counter-actions.

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The rules for radicals. Is that rules for radicals?

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

It was mentioned that George Soros took the book seriously and used it as a guide for influencing D.A. races.

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Soros read Rules for Radicals and took it seriously

— Episode: Hour 1 - WSJ on Biden's Scrambled Brain

Episode: Hour 1 - WSJ on Biden's Scrambled Brain

It was mentioned that George Soros took the book seriously and used it as a guide for influencing D.A. races.

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Soros read Rules for Radicals and took it seriously

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This book was referenced in the context of the left embracing tactics for community organizing and direct action that involved confronting people to make them uncomfortable.

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the left has embraced the tactics, and you can go back even to Alinsky-ite tactics and rules for radicals and the approach to community organizing and direct action and making things uncomfortable for people

REAL AF with Andy Frisella

Sal Alinsky's books were mentioned as a part of the demoralization process and part of the communist, Marxist takeover of the country. It was mentioned as a way to remove pride in American culture and country.

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Um, you know, when we look at like the communist manifesto and we look at Sal Alinsky's books, um, and we look at Marx and Marxism and all of these things, part of taking over an existing nationalist...

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Sal Alinsky's books were mentioned as a part of the demoralization process and part of the communist, Marxist takeover of the country. It was mentioned as a way to remove pride in American culture and country.

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Um, you know, when we look at like the communist manifesto and we look at Sal Alinsky's books, um, and we look at Marx and Marxism and all of these things, part of taking over an existing nationalist society, because that's what America is. America is a nationalist society. It always has been. You have to remove the pride that people have in their culture and in their country.

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This book was mentioned as an example of Marxist/Communist literature, as it was said that those reading these texts are likely to be open to 'deluding truth' as a manipulation tactic.

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Bro, let's say books about this. There you if you read Rules for Radicals or you read Marx or you read, you know, any of this fucking Marxist communist shit.

Episode: 390. Andy & DJ CTI: Louisiana Divests From BlackRo...

The podcast host mentioned this book, suggesting that it is often misinterpreted and its strategies are used against people. He did not recommend it, however, due to this.

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If you read the fucking playbook that I've mentioned on this show, I don't know, 4,000 times, it's called Rules for Radicals.

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