Saul Alinsky’s Rule 5 from Rules for Radicals states that “ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” Over at Townhall, Kurt Schlicter has a essay that deals with the use of ridicule as a response to the emerging “Check Your Privilege” meme lurking on certain college campuses (H/T, Stacy McCain, famous author of another Rule 5).
Read the whole thing.
UPDATE—And then read this about what’s going on at Harvard. I’m not making this up, you know.
Well, I checked my privilege and topped it off. It looks like someone needs to fetch me a sammich.
I was a quart low …
RSM’s Rule 5 is much different from Alinsky’s Rule 5.
I find RSM’s rule 5 much more visually appealing.
I like to think that here at Hogewash! we have taken advantage of the myriad opportunities and refined the notion of ridicule as man’s most potent weapon an refined it to a term of art. Not difficult to do when our Gracious Host provides material that creates such a target rich environment.
Aren’t you supposed to be dead or something by now?
I’m not dead, I’m just resting.
Pining for the fjords?
Great advice
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