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In reply to the discussion: In 18 years since Naders run, what has been accomplished by attacking the Dem party from the left? [View all]virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)between Liberals and Conservatives.
***on edit, I wanted to add that Lakoff is a cognitive scientist***
If you take Lakoff's political advice, you would not be communicating superiority.
He divides the population into three parts -the actual label names are mine
1. conservative brains - these people view the world through the The Strict Father Family Model - we will not convince these people of anything....their minds can only be reached through conservative framing.
That is why they can forgive anything that Trump does - the strict father is right and protects the family from danger. Facts don't matter.
2. liberal brains - we view the world through The Nurturant Family Model. We believe in cause and effect. Facts definitely matter. Even through we agree on many fundamental issues, our problem is that we divide up into different groups in terms of which issues matter most.
3. the brains of Middle Earth (definitely my label) - they can can be persuaded with either liberal or conservative framing. they can have a liberal or conservative lean, but can be accessed with the proper liberal framing.
In my opinion, Democrats present the facts to the people in category 3 rather than properly framing issues.....His books are devoted to explaining how to do that.
California Democrats went for Hillary. Lakoff's methods are not designed to preach to the choir. They are designed to influence the non-voter, and the oscillating voter who veers right and left in elections.