The post Hey Tea Criers, Take Noe of Real Protesting, Patriotism caught my eye for its fine example of the warped mindset that plagues today's progressives. It is one thing to say they despise the peaceful protests of the Tea party while ignoring the broken windows, setting cars on fire riots of the left, but here a progressive actually raises SEIU thugs usig in protesters to a private home. But there were a few problems with the 'peaceful protest. Namely, their target, Greg Bear, corporate counsel and an executive with Bank of America ad a lifelong Democrat was not home. But his teenage son was. Alone::
Waving signs denouncing bank “greed,” hordes of invaders poured out of 14 school buses, up Baer’s steps, and onto his front porch. As bullhorns rattled with stories of debtor calls and foreclosed homes, Baer’s teenage son Jack — alone in the house — locked himself in the bathroom. “When are they going to leave?” Jack pleaded when I called to check on him…As if it is not enough to harass a bank employee at his home and force his young son to hide in the bathroom in fear, SEIU's motives are not even pure. Supposedly, this was a protest against predatory lending, but actually SEIU owes $ 900 million to Bank of America, which comes out to $ 4 million in interest fees.
Now this event would accurately be called a “protest” if it were taking place at, say, a bank or the U.S. Capitol. But when hundreds of loud and angry strangers are descending on your family, your children, and your home, a more apt description of this assemblage would be “mob.” Intimidation was the whole point of this exercise, and it worked-even on the police. A trio of officers who belatedly answered our calls confessed a fear that arrests might “incite” these trespassers.
Gee, what do you think they are really protesting?
The tactic of terrorizing individuals rather than institutions is spelled out in Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals. specifically, it isRule # 12:
“Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. (This is cruel, but very effective. Direct, personalized criticism and ridicule works.)”SEIU took Alinsky's rule even more to heart by subsequently 'defending' themselves by manufacturing a conflict of interest charge against Nina Easton, a journalist covering the event and Greg Bear's neighbor.
Yes, you read that right. According to SEIU, Easton's coverage was not motivated was not because she feared violence in her neighborhood, was concerned for her family and neighbor's, or even just happened to be in the right (Wrong?) place at the right time. It is was because she was drumming up business for her husband's public relation firm, a charge that is not only demonstrably false, but even most media outlets refused to report on SEIU's accusation. it was too much of a smear even for progressive shills in the media.
The entire event is being celebrated by progressives as an example of how power should be given back to the “people” in what is pure Marxist language. Marxism requires thuggery in order to confiscate wealth, and possessions they did not create or earn in the name of empowerment. Make no mistake--this is what the progressive powers that be want. Divide and conquer class warfare. They appear to think if innocent teenage kids get hurt I the process, it is a small price to pay for progressive utopia.
