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Devils'Advocate · 09-14-2011, 10:55 AM

I dunno... was he niave to think that saying controversial things was going to make him loved by all?

I think Saul Alinsky had it right. Saul was a white Jewish man who worked with the impoverished black community in Chicago for their civil rights and for an improved economic situation. He was a community organizer from the 1930s to the 1970s when he passed away. He knew he was fighting the establishment. He knew he was standing up for a minority and fighting the majority. He knew the consequences of standing up for the things he believed in. But he used that to re-empower himself. His attitude was along the lines of: "They wouldn't come after me.. they wouldn't attack me with such ferocity.. if I wasn't being effective. The more effective you are at creating change, the more you put yourself in the line of fire. So if you are getting death threats or people attacking you physically, it means you are doing a good job. If they are ignoring you, you must not be doing a good job of creating change."

09-14-2011, 10:55 AM	#4
Devils'Advocate #1 Goaltender Join Date: Jul 2005 Exp:	I dunno... was he niave to think that saying controversial things was going to make him loved by all? I think Saul Alinsky had it right. Saul was a white Jewish man who worked with the impoverished black community in Chicago for their civil rights and for an improved economic situation. He was a community organizer from the 1930s to the 1970s when he passed away. He knew he was fighting the establishment. He knew he was standing up for a minority and fighting the majority. He knew the consequences of standing up for the things he believed in. But he used that to re-empower himself. His attitude was along the lines of: "They wouldn't come after me.. they wouldn't attack me with such ferocity.. if I wasn't being effective. The more effective you are at creating change, the more you put yourself in the line of fire. So if you are getting death threats or people attacking you physically, it means you are doing a good job. If they are ignoring you, you must not be doing a good job of creating change."