George Lakoff, the political mind
 

So slightly bored this evening.......I began reading "The political Mind", by Lakoff.

Holy fucking hell..............

Why you can't understand 21st century American Politics with an 18th century brain

This book is a 'bold and startling challenge to the cherished beliefs of pundits pollsters and political leaders alike'........it claims.


In the intro to the book, he explains that 'reasonable is not as reasonable as we think'.

WTF? I mean srsly, WTF???

The political divide in this country, he explains......isn't about money, or power, or religion........it's about how our brains work.


Yes yes.........of course conservatives are brain damaged, is what he's trying to point out.

I'm going to quote some of his choice wisdom here............

If you don't understand Anna Nicole Smith, you can't understand politics.

It seems Anna Smith, a high school drop out, turned stripper, turned hooker, turned stripper, turned actress, turned billionaire-marrying drug addict.......was a VICTIM of society and our current political system.

She should be a poster girl for all that is wrong with conservatives.

Yea.........take that you evil conservatives.

Behind every progressive policy, lies a single moral value: Empathy, together with Responsibility.


Oh hell............LOL!

OMG.........

There are no self-made men, or women

lol.....IE: YOU DIDN'T BUILD THAT......

Al Gore, is a modern day hero for all Americans to cling to.

Holy fuck........I just threw up a bit.

Abortion, is one of the most powerful choices a person has, equal on a scale to the freedom of not being enslaved.

............lol.........I hardly know where to begin.

You did get the spelling of the author's surname correct right? The first letter is an "L" and not a "J" right?

lol.........yea.

Oh, he's a professor, btw. He's very very smart.

You mean like Garyhttp://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...milies/lol.gif

lol.......he may be WORSE than gary.

Postmodernist pap.

Wow.

He's right about one thing though.......

It is a brain issue at stake here.

To shut down your ability to think, is clearly the liberal way.

WAT?

lol.......it's a trip.

He's saying that Anna was FORCED to be what she was.....and then she was despised by rural white people who called her a whore.

She was in reality.....a fucking saint.......and she was a product of what America is. Then she played by the White mans rules ..........hard work, perseverance, etc.......and we hated her for it.

In Lakoff's mind........Anna Nicole and her drug use.......is a mirror reflection of the Conservatives in the US.

lol..........he's way out there.....and he's serious as hell about this...........

Oh yea.......and he teaches.

OMG! Society REALLY IS TO BLAME!!!

HAAAAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a load of shit!

Why even bother to write it?

Because he's TEACHING us (in all his wisdom), how YOU are to blame.

Not him....because he's enlightened. YOU, and I. We're to blame really.

I'm a bit scared to read his ramblings late at night, by myself......lol

It reminds me that there are some fucking crazy people out there.

I'd sooner spend jail time with Manson, than hang around Lakoff.

A part of me wants to give them a place to implement this agenda..

A dark, morbid part of me wants to watch them as they decay into totalitarianism, poverty and general societal ruin.

And then? I want to mock them.. Just shake my ass in all their faces and laugh.