[Peace-discuss] Lakoff Idiocy

[David Green]

Point taken--your comment is absolutely medieval.



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From: C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu>
To: David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>
Cc: Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>; Eric Sizemore 
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Sent: Sun, February 20, 2011 12:55:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Lakoff Idiocy

(Except for your tendentious use of "dark ages") I agree entirely. 

It's shocking the number of intelligent people who take this guy seriously, so 
it's probably necessary if tedious to point out his mistakes. 



On 2/20/11 12:49 PM, David Green wrote: 
It's "progressive" analyses like these that keep us mired in the dark ages:
>
>"Conservatives really want to change the basis of American life, to make America 
>run according to the conservative moral worldview in all areas of life.
> 
>In the 2008 campaign, candidate Obama accurately described the basis of American 
>democracy: Empathy -- citizens caring for each other, both social and personal 
>responsibility -- acting on that care, and an ethic of excellence. From these, 
>our freedoms and our way of life follow, as does the role of government: to 
>protect and empower everyone equally. Protection includes safety, health, the 
>environment, pensions and empowerment starts with education and infrastructure. 
>No one can be free without these, and without a commitment to care and act on 
>that care by one's fellow citizens.
> 
>The conservative worldview rejects all of that."
> 
>Lakoff makes no attempt to discern what Obama and Democrats actually believe, 
>and what explains their behaivor.
> 
>http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/02/20
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