Just Vote Blue vs BernieOrBust
Sat 2016-04-30
The Democratic Party, after having a surprisingly mature start to the primary season, is about to tear itself apart. These frames aren't just angry, they are disrespectful. BernieOrBust pretends to be talking to the DNC, but a huge portion of the Sanders base including volunteers (and likely including Sanders) will be very upset if the Sanders primary plays even a small role in a Republican victory. And "Just Vote Blue" is basically saying "shut up."
What are the real messages, how could each of these movements be reframed to work?
Effective Comment Framing Example: Is Sanders too far left to win the election?
Stephen CataldoSat 2016-04-30
Online comments are one of the worst places for mind-changing conversations. A key techniques to get around this: create your frame and question, but leave it open ended, requesting the reader to draw the conclusion. The example below is in response to someone who believes Sanders is a lost cause because he is too far left:
Shards from the Glass Ceiling: Stories Built Upon the "Whore" Metaphor
Stephen CataldoSat 2016-04-16
The United States isn't fully ready for women to break the glass ceiling, to hold power. As Hillary Clinton aims for a leadership role, it is bringing out ugly speech that exposes more than name-calling.
Framing: Bernie Sanders Campaign
Stephen CataldoWed 2016-04-06
Goals Overview
Sanders twin goals are to build a movement bursting with enthusiasm and swing swingable voters -- without his movement's bursting enthusiasm offending those swingable voters. The primary seems to be a race against time and and isolation within his demographics.
Goals, Framing, Strategy: Hillary Clinton Campaign
Stephen CataldoWed 2016-04-06
Goals Overview
Better Messengers
Stephen CataldoWed 2016-03-23
I think the military is going to face increased threats from global warming. But I'm not right messenger to say that to someone who thinks liberals and scientists are in cahoots. Somewhere a conservative general has read the science. This is a very short blog, hoping for your comments: who are good messengers, when a liberal voice is not the right voice? Please list your favorite Christians for tolerance and charity, veterans for peace and a stable planet, conservatives opposing monopolies and crony-capitalism.
Parent Metaphors and Politics: From Strict Disciplinarian to Tantrum Enabler
Stephen CataldoTue 2016-03-08
[ This variant posted to Daily Kos. Similar version here. ]
According to cognitive scientist George Lakoff, liberal and conservative politics is a struggle carried out in metaphors, the nurturing parent and the strict father. So how have conservative frames and metaphors evolved to allow Trump so much success?
Authoritarianism and The Strict Father Metaphor
Stephen CataldoMon 2016-03-07
Two article-variants (here and here) I'm working on. Feedback welcome. Should they be combined? Any points really catch your attention? Have metaphors to add to my lists?
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In Why Trump, George Lakoff divides the Republican party into White Evangelicals, Pragmatic Conservatives, and Laissez-faire free-market proponents. All three flavors of conservatism think about government using a strict father metaphor.
Framing that helps the Refugees
Stephen CataldoFri 2015-11-20
One of my relatives was a Jew on the very last boat out of Europe. The xenophobia rampant today would have handed him to the Nazis; it handed other innocent people to the Nazis, and wants to push innocent people fleeing ISIS back under their control. There is a tragedy going on today. And we who care are spreading a lot of funny, cynical, often quite true Facebook memes...
Images worth sharing
I'd like to create a version of this first post that is aimed at the audience it should be aimed at, rather than just insulting them:
Framing the Hijacked Pope
Stephen CataldoSun 2015-10-04
[Draft]
It appears that the Vatican Ambassador to the US, Carlo Maria Vigano, played sneaky politics with the Pope's visit, getting Kim Davis near enough to the Pope that her team could imply Papal support.
The allegation is he used the Pope as a pawn for his political views, using him to rally conservative-minded Catholics to place their religion in the service of politics.