[lbo-talk] the politics of framing

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Dec 8 17:12:47 PST 2009


On Dec 8, 2009, at 5:38 PM, Eric Beck quoted:


> Particularly egregious in this respect was Democratic Party “framing”
> strategist and self-styled movement guru George Lakoff.

If I had more ambition, I'd tie this to Lakoff's lack of appreciation of the relationship between "framing" and power. But to do that, I'd have to read more Lakoff, which would be painful. It's all rhetorical to him, isn't it? Special bodies of armed men don't figure, right?

Doug



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