George Lakoff on the Language of Politics

Constitutional_Patriotsays...

This is an outstanding examination of the abuse of keywords in the political system.. the only problem I have with this is that they simultaneously present "Democrats and Progressives" as the heroes of all that is correct and just in the political system when this is definitely not true. There is good and bad on both sides... the far left is just as corrupt as the far right.

What about the Libertarians... the Utilitarians, the Centrists? There was absolutely no mention of them.

Overall I agree with the message of this video however the grass is not greener on the other side. Some would say that there are forces at work using both sides that works from outside the public eye. This must be considered by everyone otherwise any efforts to fix a purposely broken system is futile.

mockerynjsays...

I saw this, before the Dems took both the house and senate, in what politically seems a long time ago. Will there be an updated version for today, after the administration and its GOP has burnt itself with Iraq and the sub-prime meltdown?

Trancecoachsays...

as if you're going to get individuals to think beyond their frame of reference. Of course one can intelligently dissect the problems with the Conservative usurpation of power through an analysis of language. But it wouldn't change a thing for people who are unable to think beyond what "FAKES NOISE" tells them to think.

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