{"id":64553,"date":"2026-07-04T18:39:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T22:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=64553"},"modified":"2026-07-04T18:39:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T22:39:50","slug":"rules-for-radicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=64553","title":{"rendered":"Rules For Radicals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saul Alinsky wrote RULES FOR RADICALS in 1971. It serves as a guide book for community organizers and people organizing protests. The book is generally associated with left-wing political activity. Two of the rules for radicals are&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"mwpA\"><strong>&#8220;Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"mwpQ\"><strong>&#8220;Ridicule is man&#8217;s most potent weapon. There is no defense. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is remotely possible that some on the political right have decided to follow some of the suggestions in the book.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2026\/06\/30\/ohio-sen-moreno-reintroduce-former-sen-harry-reids-bill-eliminating-birthright-citizenship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<p class=\"subheading\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) shared that he would reintroduce former Sen. Harry Reid\u2019s (D-NV) \u201cexact bill\u201d that would not only eliminate birthright citizenship for the children of illegal migrants, but also clarify who can receive birthright citizenship.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>In a post on X, Moreno <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/berniemoreno\/status\/2072042660303454448?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">responded<\/a> to another post from Fox News\u2019s Bill Melugin, who shared that in 1993, Reid had introduced the Immigration Stabilization Act of 1993. Moreno stated that they would \u201csee how today\u2019s DC Democrats will vote when offered the ideas of the Democrat party that used to love\u201d the U.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cI will reintroduce this exact bill when I return to DC,\u201d Moreno said. \u201cLet\u2019s see how today\u2019s DC Democrats will vote when offered the ideas of the Democrat party that used to love this country and the American people!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s interesting that the Democrats controlled both houses of Congress in 1993 and Bill Clinton was President. According to Congress.gov, on 08\/16\/1993, the bill was referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs. It died in committee. I wonder why the bill did not pass.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see how the Democrats in the current Congress react to the re-introduction of this bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saul Alinsky wrote RULES FOR RADICALS in 1971. It serves as a guide book for community organizers and people organizing protests. The book is generally associated with left-wing political activity. 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