Why the immediate jump to snark, mdean?

I wasn't criticizing his words, and certainly not criticizing working within the system. Where in my post do I give even a hint at that?

I merely pointed out that Alinsky was not an advocate of working outside the system, but within the system.
If Hillary missed that, I have no clue how, except maybe it was her upbringing as a Republican...who knows? Everyone in my political circle knew what "boring from within" meant, from the classic Lenin/Stalin trade union conflict.

Even though I was too young to vote, I was staunchly anti-war, and interestingly, H.C. and I worked for the same candidate, Gene McCarthy. Hillary felt the Republican party left her, and it wasn't too many years after that I felt the Democratic Party had left me.

You've billed Alinsky's methods as toxic, and then as example posted what amounted to "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again."

I found it somewhat underwhelming and thought the advice to learn from shortcomings and go back to the drawing board and practice, as opposed to feeling sorry for themselves or becoming terrorists, was actually very good advice.

::shrug::

Even the Grand Inquisitor gave rational argument.