Liberals Redefine The Term Mass Shooting...

[Berks_Iraq_Vet]

The Media and Progressives are now all in full retard on gun confiscation.

[NRA Member]

The media is going full tilt. Nothing, no lie, no deception is off limits to the mainstream media. The facts seldom, if ever, fit their narrative but they will change language, definitions, lie and distort to sell the anti-gun narrative. They are also adopting the propaganda technique of the Left -- isolate and demonize the opposition. The NRA is now a terrorist organization in the mediasphere. The heated rhetoric and insults against gun owners are coming faster than can be counted. The demonization has also become decidedly personal. It is not enough to demonize the NRA and gun owners generally, but the Daily News has on at least two occasions gone after Wayne LaPierre, calling him a terrorist and most recently picturing him alongside other killers and terrorists on the front page. The propaganda technique is pretty standard. Tell enough lies, focus the hatred on a handful of people that can be identified and more easily hated in order to achieve the desired political result. I begin to wonder if the horrible insults are actually intended to provoke some NRA member to violence so that the media and the President can say "see what we have been telling you"! Just read the reporters, editors and the blogs, with every killing they are hoping and commenting while the blood is flowing that the perp will be a white male Christian and a member of the NRA. I credit the NRA, its leadership and other law-abiding gun owners for not rising to this sad bait. To snap back would be as useless as trying to out-tantrum a child having a tantrum. The funny thing is that despite the firestorm of lies, gun ownership is increasing. Quietly out there, more and more Americans are not falling for the propaganda.

One of the must reads and their manual for the anti's/left is Saul Alinsky’s , Rules for Radicals. If you have not read it you should.
This is the blue print they use everyday!

* RULE 1: “Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.” Power is derived from 2 main sources – money and people. “Have-Nots” must build power from flesh and blood. (These are two things of which there is a plentiful supply. Government and corporations always have a difficult time appealing to people, and usually do so almost exclusively with economic arguments.)

* RULE 2: “Never go outside the expertise of your people.” It results in confusion, fear and retreat. Feeling secure adds to the backbone of anyone. (Organizations under attack wonder why radicals don’t address the “real” issues. This is why. They avoid things with which they have no knowledge.)

* RULE 3: “Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.” Look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety and uncertainty. (This happens all the time. Watch how many organizations under attack are blind-sided by seemingly irrelevant arguments that they are then forced to address.)

* RULE 4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.” If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules. (This is a serious rule. The besieged entity’s very credibility and reputation is at stake, because if activists catch it lying or not living up to its commitments, they can continue to chip away at the damage.)

* RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. (Pretty crude, rude and mean, huh? They want to create anger and fear.)

* RULE 6: “A good tactic is one your people enjoy.” They’ll keep doing it without urging and come back to do more. They’re doing their thing, and will even suggest better ones. (Radical activists, in this sense, are no different that any other human being. We all avoid “un-fun” activities, and but we revel at and enjoy the ones that work and bring results.)

* RULE 7: “A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.” Don’t become old news. (Even radical activists get bored. So to keep them excited and involved, organizers are constantly coming up with new tactics.)

* RULE 8: “Keep the pressure on. Never let up.” Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new. (Attack, attack, attack from all sides, never giving the reeling organization a chance to rest, regroup, recover and re-strategize.)

* RULE 9: “The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.” Imagination and ego can dream up many more consequences than any activist. (Perception is reality. Large organizations always prepare a worst-case scenario, something that may be furthest from the activists’ minds. The upshot is that the organization will expend enormous time and energy, creating in its own collective mind the direst of conclusions. The possibilities can easily poison the mind and result in demoralization.)

* RULE 10: “If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.” Violence from the other side can win the public to your side because the public sympathizes with the underdog. (Unions used this tactic. Peaceful [albeit loud] demonstrations during the heyday of unions in the early to mid-20th Century incurred management’s wrath, often in the form of violence that eventually brought public sympathy to their side.)

* RULE 11: “The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.” Never let the enemy score points because you’re caught without a solution to the problem. (Old saw: If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. Activist organizations have an agenda, and their strategy is to hold a place at the table, to be given a forum to wield their power. So, they have to have a compromise solution.)

* RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” 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.)