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

[maggiedutton (mdutton]

I couldn't resist googling such outrageous comments...here is where it came
from:
http://www.americandaily.com/article/17275 
A female writer.
Rob...if you do write a challenge to this article I hope you post it here
too.
There is a link at the bottom for feedback to the author.
This was my response.
"Cohousers share power cooperatively and are completely unlike your
portrayal."
Maggie Dutton,
www.sociocracyinaction.ca
in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Sandelin [mailto:floriferous [at] msn.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 10:05 AM
> To: 'Cohousing-L'
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Cohousing blog post of the day: 'Communist
sectors...American media-
> style'
> 
> If I knew where to do so, I would be happy to challenge this guy in his
own
> blog. I once gave a cohousing talk to the Daughters of the American
> Revolution, a right wing women's group, and at the end of the day, they
were
> all impressed with how much of the values of service, community and
> neighborliness were held in common. (I walked into that talk not knowing
> anything about that group and changed my talk once I got there to meet the
> common ground I thought we might have.)
> 
> We can ignore these people, they will not be our neighbors, but these
people
> with their misinformed notions can and sometimes do show up at cohousing
> land use hearings. If we can ease the fears of a few of them, that might
> equate to one less opposer later.
> 
> In two weeks I am doing a informational about cohousing to congressman
Norm
> Dicks. I think the more we get into the world and show them the values and
> benefits of cooperative neighbors, the better off everybody is.
> 
> 
> Rob Sandelin
> Naturalist, Writer
> The Environmental Science School
> http://www.nonprofitpages.com/nica/SVE.htm
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raines Cohen [mailto:rc3-coho-L [at] raines.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 8:20 PM
> To: Coho-L Mailing List
> Subject: [C-L]_ Cohousing blog post of the day: 'Communist sectors
> ...American media-style'
> 
> 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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