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Good article. The material here makes for a great critique of gradualism as a political strategy.

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Outstanding essay, but why would tabu be anything but a mechanism of action?

I'd thought the Overton window to be the range within which policy could be imposed unilaterally with a level of bloodshed acceptable to the reigning junta.

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I hope this article gets a lot of attention, this was great

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Auron MacIntyre and NRP both hate John Stewart for utilizing Rule #5 of Alinsky's "Rules," as it poisoned the critical thinking skills of Millennials to posit arguments against the actions of W. Bush and Republicans up until today. But maybe Auron and NRP are expecting too much in a "debate club," when persuasion of arguments only comes after a small coordinated group has already taken power/implemented their policy.

Conflicted between the soup or salad, when the chef has already plated the entré.

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