Let’s talk about ad hominem arguments, which is an attempt to negate the truth of a claim by pointing out the negative characteristic or belief of the person supporting it.  This is also known as a logical fallacy.  One of the things devious people do when they don’t have a valid argument is to attribute a bad trait to their opponent in the hopes that others will doubt him, even if the bad trait is irrelevant to the arguments.

Adherents of Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals (https://www.votersopinion.com/?p=971), such as UNIONS, for example, are well versed in the use of ad hominem attacks on their opponents.  They start with Alinsky’s Rule that states, “Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy. Look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety and uncertainty. (This happens all the time. Watch how many organizations under attack are blind-sided by seemingly irrelevant arguments that they are then forced to address.)”  The key phrase here is “irrelevant arguments,” which UNIONS have become quite adept at using to blind-side their opponents.  They then go on to the Rule that states, “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counteract ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage.”  UNION “leaders,” following Alinsky tactics, know that an opponent who is distracted by childish ridicule can become infuriated and then start arguing the other side’s case.  And, lastly, the main goal of Saul Alinsky’s followers is to “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.  In conflict tactics there are certain rules that [should be regarded] as universalities. One is that the opposition must be singled out as the target and ‘frozen.’… When you ‘freeze the target,’ you disregard these [rational but distracting] arguments.

The North Miami Beach Police UNION “leaders” are totally pissed off.  During the budget negotiations, they took a huge gamble and lost.  Instead of negotiating in good faith to try to save jobs, they played chicken with the City Manager, and ended up throwing seventeen police officers under the bus.  (See https://www.votersopinion.com/?p=1254, https://www.votersopinion.com/?p=1328 and https://www.votersopinion.com/?p=1392)

So, yeah, they’re not happy campers.

During the budget season, the UNION “leaders” used ad hominem attacks on not only the City Manager and any council members they saw as standing in the way of getting what they wanted, but also on residents.  One such act of stupidity got a cop fired.  You’d think they would have learned their lesson?  Hardly.

This week starts yet another contentious round of talks known as Pension Negotiations.  And so the fun begins yet again.  As expected, the UNION Alinskyites have been flexing their muscles gearing up for more attacks on their opponent, which now happens to be the Mayor, George Vallejo.  Someone over at the UNION has dug up Mayor Vallejo’s real estate property tax records and is trying to use them to discredit him.  As per their usual games, they have contacted the media and are posting furiously on their laughable LEOAFFAIRS website.  One of them has even posted not one, not two, but three, comments on one of my columns.

By pulling this stunt, the UNION “leaders” are attempting to (1) blind-side the Mayor with irrelevant arguments, (2) ridicule him, and (3) disregard his rational arguments for pension reform.

Good luck with that!

The police UNION’s LAWYER pulled out all the stops with his ad hominem arguments during the budget negotiations in an attempt to avoid cuts.  That attempt was an EPIC FAIL.

Now the UNION is attempting to distract not only the Mayor, but the rest of us, too.  Guess what, boys?  Ain’t never gonna happen!

We will not be dragged into your battle or be forced to argue your “logical fallacy.”  We refuse to be distracted by your childish games and attempts to humiliate any of us, including the Mayor.  The more you try to blind-side us with your ad hominem attacks, the louder we’re laughing.

You can bait us all you want, but the gig is up.  The days of golden parachutes are over.

Deal with it!

Stephanie Kienzle
“Spreading the Wealth”