Well for starters, other then the rules Alinsky points out in “Tactics”, I really had a difficult time reading it just because it was so long and wordy. Some of his examples were good, like the farting example or the one about the blacks eating watermelon. My favorite rule was the first one which is power is not only what you have but what the enemy things you have.
I liked Alinsky’s “A Word About Words” because he focused alot on different words that have gained a reputation of having negative meanings, when in actuality they mean the complete oppostie of what people believe. By changing the way we use words, we take away from the meaning. I like the quote “The moment the word power is mentioned it is as though hell had been opened exuding the stench of the devil’s cesspool of courruption.” It makes me laugh because of how ridiculous it seems that people view words such as power, compromise, self-interest in such negative ways. I never really took notice to society’s views on these words till I read this article.
