[Peace-discuss] Lakoff Idiocy

[C. G. Estabrook]

In the spirit of Aristotle, whom Dante called " il maestro di color che sanno" - 
the master of those who know:

e.g., Chomsky, like Marx, is a radical Aristotelian.

On 2/20/11 1:13 PM, David Green wrote:
> 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 
> <ericsizemore at gmail.com>
> *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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