Rules for Radicals; Saul D. Alinsky (emphasis mine)
"According to Alinsky, the organizer (AGITATOR) — especially a paid organizer (AGITATOR) from outside — must first overcome suspicion and establish credibility. Next the organizer (AGITATOR) must begin the task of agitating: rubbing resentments, fanning hostilities, and searching out controversy. This is necessary to get people to participate. An organizer (AGITATOR) has to attack apathy and disturb the prevailing patterns of complacent community (forum) life where people have simply come to accept a situation. Alinsky would say, "The first step in community organization is community disorganization."
Through a process combining hope and resentment, the organizer (AGITATOR) tries to create a "mass army" that brings in as many recruits as possible....snip/
According to Alinsky, the main job of the organizer is to bait an opponent into reacting. "The enemy properly goaded and guided in his reaction will be your major strength."
Alinkys Quotes:
"The job of the organizer (AGITATOR) is to maneuver and bait the establishment (forum members) so that it (they) will publicly attack him as a “dangerous enemy.” — P.100
"The organizer (AGITATOR) dedicated to changing the life of a particular community (forum) must first rub raw the resentments of the people of the community (forum); fan the latent hostilities of many of the people to the point of overt expression. He must search out controversy and issues, rather than avoid them, for unless there is controversy people are not concerned enough to act". — P.116-117
