# Why do right-wingers keep talking about the "Cloward-Piven Strategy"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-right-wingers-keep-talking-about-the-cloward-piven-strategy/510519>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 18, 2009, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-right-wingers-keep-talking-about-the-cloward-piven-strategy/510519 "2009-09-18T00:48:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![runcible\_spoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-right-wingers-keep-talking-about-the-cloward-piven-strategy/510519/21 "2009-09-20T17:22:06Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> Sweetie, we’ve decided to send the homeless to a nice farm upstate.

But… but… who’s gonna take them out on walkies?

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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-right-wingers-keep-talking-about-the-cloward-piven-strategy/510519/22 "2009-09-20T18:55:31Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> …and the \*\*General Board of [Literotica.com](http://Literotica.com) \*\*…

Why in the world are they discussing this at a site that’s ostensibly about an enormous collection of porn stories, I’ll never figure out…

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-right-wingers-keep-talking-about-the-cloward-piven-strategy/510519/23 "2009-09-20T19:23:47Z")

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> [@JRDelirious](#):
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> Why in the world are they discussing this at a site that’s ostensibly about an enormous collection of porn stories, I’ll never figure out…

You’d be surprised . . . Anyway, slumming is fun!

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