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]]> By: David Thomson http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/08/20/for-alinsky-and-his-machiavellian-radicals-politics-is-war/#comment-6766 David Thomson Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:03:37 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/?p=21418#comment-6766 Saul Alinsky believed that the ends justify the means. He once opted not to damage a opponent's life by revealing his homosexual inclinations to the general public. Alinsky thought such behavior to be "loathsome and nauseous." Does that sound decent and honorable? Alas, Alinsky contradicted himself in the very next paragraph: "So far, so noble; but, if I had been convinced that the only way we could win was to use it, then without any reservations I would have used it. What was my alternative? To draw myself up into righteous 'moral' indignation saying, 'I would rather lose than corrupt my principles,' and then go home with my ethical hymen intact? The fact that 40,000 poor would lose their war against hopelessness and despair was just too tragic." ---from Rule For Radicals (page 33) Saul Alinsky believed that the ends justify the means. He once opted not to damage a opponent’s life by revealing his homosexual inclinations to the general public. Alinsky thought such behavior to be “loathsome and nauseous.” Does that sound decent and honorable? Alas, Alinsky contradicted himself in the very next paragraph:

“So far, so noble; but, if I had been convinced that the only way we could win was to use it, then without any reservations I would have used it. What was my alternative? To draw myself up into righteous ‘moral’ indignation saying, ‘I would rather lose than corrupt my principles,’ and then go home with my ethical hymen intact? The fact that 40,000 poor would lose their war against hopelessness and despair was just too tragic.”

—from Rule For Radicals (page 33)

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