advice collected and posted by Bernice King, daughter of Coretta Scott King
@caitlinburke yes yes yes a million times yes - I wish newspapers/media/people would call it "The Repuplican Administration" too - loudly and repeatedly, for all the reasons in that paragraph
So this is advice from George Lakoff, which has gone viral in an anonymous cut-and-paste kind of way. I don't know who added the Lennon bit, but considering that he was a privately violent person who preached non-violence is jarring. https://medium.com/the-beau...
It's not cut and paste, though. The Lakoff framing concept is there, but there are some really profoundly un-Lakoff additions ("45 is fine"). Also, it looks like the thing it's cut and pasted from was a "from memory" kind of deal.
I LOVE Lakoff but part of the reason we see stuff like this is that he doesn't - indeed, probably can't - parse stuff out like that list :)
I LOVE Lakoff but part of the reason we see stuff like this is that he doesn't - indeed, probably can't - parse stuff out like that list :)
@elwombato Thanks for that sourcing (on both posts of this list). FYI, there are updates at that link https://medium.com/the-beau... ; yesterday, a note from Lakoff asking not to share it, and then today, a list actually from him. Oh, and agreed about the Lennon (and the "support the arts") bits: definitely not-of-a-piece with the rest, and frankly just distracting.
As you say, @caitlinburke , his version is quite different – a lot more in-depth and not so Twitter/FB-length as this one (point 1 is "read this 25 point post I wrote in 2016" at https://georgelakoff.com/2016... ). But the focus is substantially different and much better for deeper and longer-lasting understanding of the terrible games currently being played.
As you say, @caitlinburke , his version is quite different – a lot more in-depth and not so Twitter/FB-length as this one (point 1 is "read this 25 point post I wrote in 2016" at https://georgelakoff.com/2016... ). But the focus is substantially different and much better for deeper and longer-lasting understanding of the terrible games currently being played.
I wish that it were simply up to the demonstrators to keep demonstrations peaceful, though.