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I support Ross Mirkarimi for San Francisco Sheriff4 comments

Lupitanews wrote 1 week ago:   I believe Ross Mirkarimi deserves to have his job back as San Francisco Sheriff because of his rec … more →

Tags: media, Politics, Community, Opinions, Culture, San Francisco, Northern California, Women, Lupitanews

How the Conservative Worldview Quashes Critical Thinking -- and What That Means For Our Kids' Future1 comment

chasdarwin wrote 1 week ago: From: AlterNet By: Sara Robinson “The Conservative War On Education continues apace, with char … more →

Tags: Alternet, Critical Thinking, John Taylor Gatto, conservatism, Western World, Human Nature, Ancient Greece

Ayn Rand - Loving Right Is Like Teen Boys Gone Crazy2 comments

Jean wrote 2 weeks ago: Ayn Rand. (photo: Barnes and Noble) By Sara Robinson, Alternet 12 May 12 f, as George Lakoff says, w … more →

Tags: Financial/economic information, Political, Illuminati/Terrorism/Corruption, God, John Wayne, MOTHERS DAY, Ayn Rand, Mother, Maureen Ohara

Herz in Flammen

Charz wrote 3 weeks ago: Liebe ist Hölle In most cases, what is at issue is not the truth or falsity of a metaphor but the pe … more →

Tags: X-special, Haiyore! Nyarukosan, AI, god/dess, chaos, aliens, Metaphor, divine comedy, Dante Alighieri

Learning from Lakoff

antoniascatton wrote 1 month ago: Quintessential George Lakoff in his native habitat – the Berkeley coffee shop. (BAP photos) I … more →

Tags: Blog Posts, featured posts, Emotion, Politics, Communication, Democrat, Campaigns, Progressive, lakoff

Sunday Night Links

gerrycanavan wrote 2 months ago: * The New World Order One World Government wants to ban golf! Wake up, sheeple! * …if we look … more →

Tags: Look at what I found on the Internet, barbara ehrenreich, Bees, Black helicopters, Colony Collapse Disorder, conservators, david sedaris, Debt, dissertations

George Lakoff on the Santorum Strategy: Why we're all in trouble if this strategy is successful in 2012.1 comment

Joseph Lambert wrote 2 months ago: George Lakoff wrote an article recently in the Huffington Post describing what he calls the Santorum … more →

Tags: George Orwell Party, radical right-wing agenda, Framing, Radical Right-Wing, President Obama, GOP, Conservative Agenda, modern day Republican party, Tea Party

Thursday: Things that shouldn't need to be said but...41 comments

riverdaughter wrote 2 months ago: 1.) Susie Madrak found this post by George Lakoff that I think everyone in the left blogosphere shou … more →

Tags: General, Jon Corzine, Goldman Sachs, occupy wall street, mf global, The Reason Rally, Pharmageddon, Jinger Duggar, the santorum strategy

progressive vs. conservative.

lpetersheim wrote 2 months ago: I came across an interesting article and fellow named George Lakoff today, in search of understandin … more →

Tags: Mid, Discoveries, Reflections, Liberty Resources Project, Politics, Society, liberal political views, moral politics, language

Why "Poor Conservatives Vote Against Their Financial Interests"19 comments

R. Duane Graham wrote 2 months ago: George Lakoff, a professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at Berkeley, has written a most fasc … more →

Tags: Liberal, Conservative, strict father, Nurturant Parent, Cognitive Science

Language Strengthens Brains, Both Conservative and Progressive

trp2011 wrote 2 months ago: Today begins International Brain Awareness Day, and George Lakoff’s article in today’s Huffington Po … more →

Tags: rick santorum, Rush Limbaugh, Extreme Right, brain circuitry, Clear Channel

The Santorum Strategy - by George Lakoff - I think this man has it figured!3 comments

Jean wrote 2 months ago: I have found that any analysis from George Lakoff is always well worth the time to read it! ~J Portr … more →

Tags: Spiritual, Illuminati/Terrorism/Corruption, Republican, Barack Obama, Democrats, Santorum, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, conservatism, Bart Nagel

The commonality of being black and gay in America: Same old story different “framing.” The question today is, do you support “gay marriage” or the “freedom to marry?”4 comments

Joseph Lambert wrote 2 months ago: Jonathan Capehart wrote an article in the Washington post on the commonality between blacks and gays … more →

Tags: radical right-wing agenda, civil rights issues, Framing, Radical Right-Wing, frame, right wing frames, Religious Right, Freedom to Marry, Right To Marry

Spatial design and deep reading2 comments

Language Of Space wrote 2 months ago:                   One of the competencies attached to t … more →

Tags: mark Johnson, multitasking, hippocampus, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Contemplation, Stress, focus?

Playing with Worldviews

scarletlifeworld wrote 3 months ago: What we are is ineffable. So, it seems to me that there is some madness in trying to codify, categor … more →

Tags: Metaphorical Frames, World Views, Postmodern Rambling

1… 2… 3: Lakoff vs. Luntz. In Glorious Frame by Frame Action!1 comment

harusaif wrote 3 months ago: This week’s readings reminded me of an excellent article I read a couple of years ago by George Lako … more →

Tags: occupy, Framing, Frank Luntz

Nurturant parent politics: reframing to promote transformative justice

StephanieDM wrote 3 months ago: I recently gave a brief presentation in transformative justice to four people I didn’t know. S … more →

Tags: Intro to prison abolition, prison abolition, alternatives to incarceration, parents and children, Criminal Justice System, transformative justice, drug treatment resources, Progressives, strict father model

Moral Models Exist Beneath the Surface3 comments

vitalwholeness wrote 3 months ago: Often behind the pack, I have just now completed George Lakoff’s Moral Politics: How Liberals … more →

Tags: Moral Politics:How Liberals and Conservatives Think

New evidence that metaphor touches the brain directly?1 comment

RONBC wrote 3 months ago: A small new brain study adds some evidence to the “direct sensory input” side of the hyp … more →

Tags: Psychology/Social Science, Evolution & Selection, Science, cognitive psych, Embodied Consciousness, Neuroscience, Cognition, Steven Pinker, Metaphor


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