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"The Overhauling of Straight America" seems to be eye-poppingly accurate on first read because one can easily trace back the past 10-20 years and identify event
by kirse 10y ago
"The Overhauling of Straight America" seems to be eye-poppingly accurate on first read because one can easily trace back the past 10-20 years and identify events that fit much of what was written... However I think I'd label this one moreso prophetic than any sort of targeted plan.
By that I mean if you were to pick any behavior that is generally unacceptable to society and attempt to change the tide of public opinion, the game plan would come out looking very similar to this document, with simple substitutions for the behavior.
I say that because there is a direct Biblical reference in this article to spiritual warfare - the shield and sword of that accursed "secular humanism" - which is a dig at Paul's instructions to Christian believers on how to remain on-guard in their faith (Ephesians 6:10-17).
So the fact that the strategy in this article mimics what Christians would recognize as spiritual warfare is not really surprising... The article's "six things" are very similar to how Satan works to deceive (John 8:44) and move just about any sin from abhorrent to acceptable -- desensitizing, redefining truth, identity attacks, guilt/shaming, social pressure & ostracizing, etc.
So I've seen that playbook before, and it wasn't written in 1987.
- Animats 10y agoTo make something happen politically, both a plan and an organization are needed. This was the plan part. The organization was the Human Rights Campaign Fund, originally a political action committee (PAC).[1] A plan without an organization behind it is just an essay. An organization without a plan just thrashes around. That's what happened to Occupy. They never had a coherent agenda. [1] http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/HRC/ http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/HRC/