Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing blog post of the day: 'Communist sectors ... American media-style'

[tamgoddess (tamgoddess]

Especially funny is the notion of a dictatorship of any kind in cohousing. Hey, 
where are all you guys who manage to run your communities like that? I wanna 
join up.

Liz
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From: Raines Cohen <rc3-coho-L [at] raines.com>
> I'm not going to dignify this one or give it traffic with a link, but  
> I found it pretty funny (I've seen similar stuff before by the same  
> author, highlighting our evil secret conspiracy as "Communitarian  
> Communities - Our New Government Housing" and "Sustainable Nightmare"):
> 
> ---
> ?Co-housing,? and the creation of American ?villages? headed up by  
> ?facilitator? appointed governors, is the new housing mandate of our  
> representatives and their United Nations? masters (The U.N. calls  
> them ?human settlements.) If you want a shocking awakening, type the  
> word ?Co-housing? into your search engines and go onto some of the co- 
> housing community websites. Read their ?missions? and thoroughly  
> investigate all their menu items. See Communist sectors all dolled up  
> American media-style. See what it?s like to live as a community  
> laborer according to dictatorship, spies, and total control and  
> propaganda.
> ---
> 
> This is appearing on several libertarian/far-right "news" sites  
> posted yesterday (apparently through automated syndication), by a  
> self-proclaimed "renowned writer for Constitutional governance and  
> American culture." Perhaps we should ask them for help since they'll  
> be reviewing our websites carefully and might have some bug reports  
> for us.
> 
> All I can say is: Keep Up The Great Work, Comrades! Update Those  
> Mission Statements On Our Long-Neglected Websites! (or try a pop quiz  
> at the next meeting to see if anyone can remember what's in the  
> mission statement adopted five years before move-in and relate it to  
> any decision made in the five years since move-in)
> 
> The Revolution Is Nearing! Let Us Put Our Noses To The Common-House  
> Grindstone (say, did you know that people living in cohousing  
> neighborhoods use 75% fewer grindstones?) And Strive Mightily To  
> Achieve The Ultimate Consensus That Will Unify Us All.
> 
> As Soon As We Can Agree On A Kid-Noise and Pet Policy and Organics- 
> Versus-Affordable Common Dinners-That-Accomodate-At-Once-The-Vegan- 
> And-The-Atkins-Diet-And-The-Kids-Who-Only-Will-Eat-Macaroni-And- 
> Cheese-When-Served-On-Plastic-Plates-And-The-Garlic-And-Onion- 
> Allergic-Member-In-Less-Than-Five-Hours-On-A-Budget-That-Fits-All- 
> Including-Late-Plates-For-Those-Who-Fear-They-Will-Be-Off-Key-For-The- 
> Singsong-Before-Common-Dinner-And-Guests-Who-Will-Be-Resented-For- 
> Interfering-With-Our-Family-Style-Dinner-Conversations-Yet-Will-Turn- 
> Out-To-Know-One-Of-Our-Neighbors-At-The-Table-Better-Than-They-Know- 
> Us, We Will Be Prepared For Total World Domination!
> 
> Raines
> (off to a Secret Cabal, er, no, excuse me, I've been ordered by our  
> omnipotent overlords to say 'Facilitation Intensive training  
> workshop' with Tree Bressen and people from many other communities  
> around the region, to study up on whip-control techniques for keeping  
> those recalcitrant members in line)
> 
> from the People's Republic of Berkeley's Only Cohousing Community  
> Willing To Admit That 'UN Agenda 21' Sounds Like A Good name For A  
> Rock Band
> 
> P.S. Can you recognize yourself and your neighbors in this excerpt? :  
> "The lives and perks of such people are beyond what commoners can  
> imagine. The power and the money at their disposal are, frankly,  
> beyond our comprehension. It is, in fact, mostly impossible for  
> commoners to believe." Hmmm, maybe I should start offering money- 
> comprehension services for other cohousers: I'll take away enough so  
> you can understand what you have left.
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