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:
My blog extends the advice from Cognitive Politics to explore metaphors, frames and messaging goals for progressive politics.
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.
This blog extends the advice from Cognitive Politics to today's politics. It is oriented towards citizen-activists and not just politicians.
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.
This blog extends the advice from Cognitive Politics to today's politics. It is oriented towards citizen-activists and not just politicians. Political campaigns often devolve into slugfests, this site explores integrating stories and finding techniques that fit a campaign's goals.
Goals Overview
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.
Techniques
I'm writing a book about healthier and more effective ways to frame politics. This page is my suggestions for Bernie supporters. It's not aimed at Bernie Sanders, or really at his campaign that knows what it's doing trying to get people to the polls, but for the grassroots.
Why are so many people voting for a candidate they believe is part of the political machine, instead of an idealist?
[ 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?
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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.
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Which of your friends would love to read Cognitive Politics? Would you hand them a copy, ask them to write an early review if they like it?
PDF (around $3) or physical (around $12) or ask me for a coupon.