ALINSKY AND COVID-19

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 21, 2020

            CHERYL CHUMLEY IS THE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR OF THE WASHINGTON TIMES, ONE OF THE NEWSPAPERS THAT CARRIES MY COLUMN. SHE WRITES: “Communist-minded community organizer Saul Alinsky, in his prologue to “Rules for Radicals,” explained that the most effective activists were those who worked within the established “system,” not against it, so as to stir the revolutionary pots of change through fear.

His words: “Any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the mass of our people. They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and chance the future.” This is Coronavirus Chaos, exemplified. America is not just on edge.

America is in full-blown panic mode.

         The Constitution has been suspended. “Red and Blue America Agree That Now Is the Time to Violate the Constitution,” The Atlantic wrote, in late March. “People of both parties seem rather okay with undermining core civil liberties in order to fight the pandemic.”

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Cal Thomas is America's most widely syndicated newspaper columnist. He has worked for NBCV News, KPRC-TV in Houston and Fox News. 2024 marks his 40th year as a columnist.