Tag: George Lakoff
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Immigration: anatomy of a progressive narrative | Evolutionary logic of collective action pt.IV
Last week during a debate with Republican former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at George Washington University, Governor Howard Dean offered a compelling narrative about immigration in the United States: I don’t believe we ought to demonize people who are trying to do the best they can… How many people in this hall have…
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Stephen Colbert is physically altering your brain
originally published on October 28, 2010 Stephen Colbert’s much-publicized March to Keep Fear Alive tomorrow-and his whole schtick really-may be making a far greater political impact than you consciously realize. I’m no neuroscientist, but I might even argue that the faux right-wing pundit is physically altering the very structure of your brain. Such an outlandish…
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The Centrality of Fear in Right-wing Hegemony
originally published on September 11, 2010 Paul Rosenberg nailed it yesterday in his article on Taxes & Terrorism (Open Left): …the basis of conservative politics is fear. The basis of liberal politics is reason. The conservative try to flood the zone with fear, so that people can’t think straight . . . If the GOP…
Jonathan Matthew Smucker 