It is important to be aware of the tactics of enemy designation, conflict and dissimulation used by the radical iconoclasts who follow the marching orders of radical community organizer Saul D. Alinsky in his book "Rules for Radicals." 

Rules for Radicals has various themes. Among them is his use of symbol construction to strengthen unity within an organization. For example, he would draw on loyalty to a particular church, political group or religious affiliation to create a structured organization with which to operate. The reason being that symbols by which communities could identify themselves created structured organizations that were easier to mobilize in implementing direct action. Once the community was united behind a common symbol, Alinsky would find a common enemy for the community to be united against.

Often, this would be a local politician, agency, veterans or other patriotic organization that had some involvement with activity concerning the community. Once the enemy was established, the radical community would come together in opposition to it. This management of conflict heightened awareness among the activists as to the similarities its members shared as well as what differentiated them from those outside of their organization. The use of conflict also allowed for the goal of the group to be clearly defined. With an established external antagonist, the community's goal would be to defeat that enemy using persistent pressure and conflict.

Symbol construction (the false manipulation of words or ideas) helped to promote structured organization, which allowed for conflict through another element in Alinsky's teaching, namely direct action. Direct action created exacerbated conflict situations that further established the unity of the radical community and promoted the accomplishment of achieving the community's goal of defeating their common enemy. It also brought issues the agitator was battling to the public eye. Alinsky encouraged over-the-top public demonstrations throughout Rules for Radicals that could not be ignored, and these tactics enabled his organization to progress their goals faster than through normal bureaucratic processes. This assuming, however, that the radicals had not already permeated public institutions through their surreptitious exercise of the "march through the institutions," a term coined by German radical and revolutionary Rudy Dutschke in the 1960s student uprisings in Europe.

A good example of symbol construction includes designating a statue of Robert E. Lee (or any other veteran for that matter) as racist, a symbol of hate, a public nuisance, or a symbol of white supremacy. Enemy designation then applies all of these vile and false constructions to maliciously taint citizens who defend the veteran's monument as the enemy which needs to be defeated in their battle of ideological warfare.

Enclosed is a link to an organizing guide from the SPLC. Read it carefully and decide for yourself! There is a lot to be learned from it.