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41. Amusingly, Orwell, one can say with a fair degree of certainty,

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 03:59 PM

Jan 2013

would have been horrified by this.

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When they start with the Doublespeak - go Orwell on them [View all] ehrnst Jan 2013 OP

Double plus good think Jan 2013 #1

Agreed Scootaloo Jan 2013 #2

I'm reading Drew Westen's "The Political Brain" which specifically addresses Dems poor framing... Scuba Jan 2013 #3

Thank you for that book referral... ReRe Jan 2013 #12

My sister sent it to me. It explains past failures very well. Should be req'd reading ... Scuba Jan 2013 #14

Perhaps it's because liberals are logical, we think facts and the truth A Simple Game Jan 2013 #6

There's a quote that illustrates this beautifully: Occulus Jan 2013 #17

But..., but..., but... RC Jan 2013 #18

When we do that here on DU, I've found it effective to add a preemptive note for the jury Occulus Jan 2013 #23

Sometimes I know I will be alerted on and choose to insult someone anyway lunatica Jan 2013 #26

I used to point this out repeatedly on DU v.1 and would be trashed over and over. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #34

One obvious reason. ChazInAz Jan 2013 #35

Reverend ---> Radical Cleric Buck Turgidson Jan 2013 #4

Elected legislators BlueNoteSpecial Jan 2013 #5

Link? garthranzz Jan 2013 #7

Got it from the facebook: ehrnst Jan 2013 #25

Also under "Redistribution of wealth" there needs 2 be something like "Federal Disability Insurance" 99th_Monkey Jan 2013 #8

Freedom zeemike Jan 2013 #9

I cringed when Canoe52 Jan 2013 #10

We called it "benefit cuts." n/t TygrBright Jan 2013 #11

Perfect! tosh Jan 2013 #13

Excellent graphic & framing. Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2013 #15

Republicans are stubborn. Democrats are tenacious. We offer hypothesis. They offer conjecture. Scuba Jan 2013 #16

The graphic and its contents are useless. ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2013 #19

you have to repeatedly hit them in the head with a baseball bat datasuspect Jan 2013 #37

I've done that and it left them even stupider. And I didn't even know that was possible. eom ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2013 #38

This is what those bastards have been so effective with! Hulk Jan 2013 #20

They are taking instructions from Joseph Goebbels' playbook Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #24

I Would Add liberalmike27 Jan 2013 #27

Can't disagree with you there Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #31

The GOP is masterful with the big lie Politicub Jan 2013 #30

That's how you do it! nradisic Jan 2013 #21

"Right to Work" / No Worker Rights chollybocker Jan 2013 #22

Lakoff has been right for years. The Republicans have been doing the same thing much longer. nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2013 #28

Indeed language matters Politicub Jan 2013 #29

George Lakeoff would be proud! krispos42 Jan 2013 #32

There is nothing wrong with the word "Entitlements". KittyWampus Jan 2013 #33

Nothing wrong with "liberal" either, but conservative propaganda has managed to tarnish those words. Towlie Jan 2013 #39

I'm going to add corporate welfare to be used when discussing Corp tax write-offs; bailouts. jillan Jan 2013 #36

Take back their empty headed praise from us Dems, liberals, and leftists Mosaic Jan 2013 #40

Amusingly, Orwell, one can say with a fair degree of certainty, cali Jan 2013 #41