Both parents were strict Orthodox. Alinsky describes himself as being devout until the age of 12, the point at which he began to fear his parents would force him to become a rabbi. Although he had "not personally" encountered "much antisemitism as a child", Alinsky recalled that "it was so pervasive . . . you just accepted it as a fact of life." Called up for retaliating against some Polish boys, Alinsky acknowledged one rabbinical lesson that "sank home." "It's the American way . . . Old Testament . . . They beat us up, so we beat the hell out of them. That's what everybody does." The rabbi looked at him for a moment and said quietly, "You think you're a man because you do what everybody does. But I want to tell you something great: 'where there are no men, be thou a man'". Alinsky considered himself an agnostic,[6][7][8] but when asked about his religion would "always say Jewish."[9]
Sometimes it's nice having an asshole on your side, but only as long as they're on your side and aren't making you look bad.
Is that not just rephrasing what he said? “As long as they’re on your side and don’t make you look bad” is just another way of saying “as long as they’ve an asshole to the right people.” Even “looking bad” is just a function of attacking the wrong people.
Not at all, I'm disagreeing with Cato. I'm saying that advocating that we should do the same as the left and use a "no bad tactics, only bad targets" strategy is bound to backfire, and you don't want to associate yourself with people who unironically say things like that.
"Looking bad" doesn't just happen when you attack the wrong people, it also happens when you attack in the wrong way. And if they attack the right people today, then they're bound to attack you tomorrow. As an example, see the woke eating themselves, the golem turning on its master, etc.
Remember, there are no bad tactics, just bad targets bigot!
Correct. The sooner the right realizes this the sooner they will start winning.
That's a slippery slope. Sometimes it's nice having an asshole on your side, but only as long as they're on your side and aren't making you look bad.
Is that not just rephrasing what he said? “As long as they’re on your side and don’t make you look bad” is just another way of saying “as long as they’ve an asshole to the right people.” Even “looking bad” is just a function of attacking the wrong people.
Not at all, I'm disagreeing with Cato. I'm saying that advocating that we should do the same as the left and use a "no bad tactics, only bad targets" strategy is bound to backfire, and you don't want to associate yourself with people who unironically say things like that.
"Looking bad" doesn't just happen when you attack the wrong people, it also happens when you attack in the wrong way. And if they attack the right people today, then they're bound to attack you tomorrow. As an example, see the woke eating themselves, the golem turning on its master, etc.