Comments on: Taking a Punch http://chieforganizer.org/2009/09/30/taking-a-punch/ Founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, Author of Citizen Wealth, Global Grassroots and The Battle for the 9th Ward. Fri, 11 May 2012 20:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Craig http://chieforganizer.org/2009/09/30/taking-a-punch/comment-page-1/#comment-1350 Craig Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:01:43 +0000 http://chieforganizer.org/?p=2255#comment-1350 JC-calling people sheep, mis-characterizing organizing people as "leading them off a cliff", shows that you understand nothing about the work and the tradition of helping families build power and a voice. John L. Lewis, Cesar Chavez, Saul Alinsky were all organizers who helped various groups build the kind of power they needed to win real changes that made this country better. Read up! JC-calling people sheep, mis-characterizing organizing people as “leading them off a cliff”, shows that you understand nothing about the work and the tradition of helping families build power and a voice. John L. Lewis, Cesar Chavez, Saul Alinsky were all organizers who helped various groups build the kind of power they needed to win real changes that made this country better. Read up!

]]> By: JC http://chieforganizer.org/2009/09/30/taking-a-punch/comment-page-1/#comment-1337 JC Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:25:08 +0000 http://chieforganizer.org/?p=2255#comment-1337 You are talented at portraying the grounded "normal Joe" who only wants to wake up the sheep before they are led off a cliff. Your intentions are probably genuine and that makes you dangerous. It's painfull to watch so many people influenced by someone driven by an ideology that does not truly liberate anyone. At the end of the day all you are doing is teaching hungry men how to hunt by burning down the forest. You are talented at portraying the grounded “normal Joe” who only wants to wake up the sheep before they are led off a cliff. Your intentions are probably genuine and that makes you dangerous.
It’s painfull to watch so many people influenced by someone driven by an ideology that does not truly liberate anyone. At the end of the day all you are doing is teaching hungry men how to hunt by burning down the forest.

]]> By: A. S. http://chieforganizer.org/2009/09/30/taking-a-punch/comment-page-1/#comment-1293 A. S. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:17:59 +0000 http://chieforganizer.org/?p=2255#comment-1293 Why would anyone tell you to stand down? Is there something in it for them? It makes me feel stronger to know that someone else is out there doing their best in a furnace of hell's fire. Thanks Why would anyone tell you to stand down?
Is there something in it for them?

It makes me feel stronger to know that someone else is out there doing their best in a furnace of hell’s fire.

Thanks

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