Reflections of Teny Gross Like the younger Barack Obama this intelligent and humane man Teny Gross has
community organizing skills but he seems to lack the equivalent of
Obama's mentor Saul Alinsky , author of " Rules for Radicals ". If you
are a resident of an " underprivileged " neighborhood in Providence or
Chicago, it's nice to know that the charismatic community organizer is
ON YOUR SIDE -not the side of the police-even if the goal is reformist,
non-violent change. I can imagine a Christian evangelical pitching a
tent in South Providence, sermonizing about LOVE every night, collecting
LOVE money. But before seeing the community bursting with LOVE-and
after sundry rich patrons are disappointed- moving the evangelical tent
to Central Falls.
Perhaps Teny Gross' skills in
teaching non-violence to the brutalized will succeed in far away Israel-
where Netanyahu just vowed ( headline news ) to fight the Palestinian "
violence " to the death .
In the NPR interview Teny Gross
claimed to know every person of means and influence in Rhode Island.
Did he preach non-violence to the police and the ruling class ?
Is the ROOT of violence the ignorance and nastiness of the
restless young and " underprivileged " in Rhode Island or Palestine ?
Well, even well meaning preachers of LOVE, NON-VIOLENCE, etc. must pay the rent .God helps those who help themselves !
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| Well Teny Gross tried ! |
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