Thou Shalt Not Speak
I'm watching Aaron Brown on CNN as we speak and he has a guest who is advocating the exact opposite of Earl's post below. Specifically, he doens't want anyone in the media to ask questions about the r word. He's certain that r was not factor in the government's response, etc. therefore any time a reporter asks a question or brings on a "demagogue" (to use his word) they give credence to the theory that r was a factor, or at the very least people think that the questions are actually facts coming from the reporter's mouth.
He's absolutely right. George Lakoff made a similar argument when he spoke last year at Boalt. Except he was arguing that the right does this CONSTANTLY. They do. So while we're not supposed to ask hard questions lest people start thinking there's more to them, the right gets a free reign to issue sound bytes about failure on the part of local officials or residents being irresponsible.
No deal.
He's absolutely right. George Lakoff made a similar argument when he spoke last year at Boalt. Except he was arguing that the right does this CONSTANTLY. They do. So while we're not supposed to ask hard questions lest people start thinking there's more to them, the right gets a free reign to issue sound bytes about failure on the part of local officials or residents being irresponsible.
No deal.
posted by Armen Adzhemyan at 7:44 PM
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If only we taught our children how to think critically. Or logically. Gosh, what if we had a population that could do both?
It's "free rein," not "free reign."
The political left uses Lakoff's work to justify BS and lying on the theory that they can lie if they claim that someone else lied. Who finds that appealing?
Instead of looking it up, I sat here thinking...hmm, is it oppressing horses or oppressing people? You can see how I made my decision.
I'm not too convinced that discussing racial undertones in the wake of Katrina is either bull shit or lies. I'd be more than happy to point to things that fall into either category from the right though.
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