tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post4662145467511662500..comments2024-03-21T06:54:52.136-04:00Comments on Wisdom of the West: The Burden of Persuasion: Why Rhetoric MattersJim H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-73973429716768994022011-09-18T10:11:08.543-04:002011-09-18T10:11:08.543-04:00Hmmm. This is very important. But I'm thinking...Hmmm. This is very important. But I'm thinking you shouldn't just write about it, but make it into a one-man show and tour it. Especially in high schools and colleges to reach young people. It's something I've been toying with for the last year or so and this may just inspire me to work on it. A 50 minute dramatic and funny presentation possibly with aromatherapy effects--whateverFrances Madesonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-28968969161916993862011-09-14T16:09:16.630-04:002011-09-14T16:09:16.630-04:00It makes sense in politics. As of now, elections a...It makes sense in politics. As of now, elections are still being held, and there's a way to win them and a way to not. If that's what you mean by partisan pissery, you could be right.<br /><br />I don't exactly know what the ultimate struggle is. I know it isn't the one we grew up with: to wit, the US v. USSR. I'm not sure what world commercialism is in an existential struggleJim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-49463201373076866332011-09-14T15:28:44.253-04:002011-09-14T15:28:44.253-04:00Lakoff's "thinking" is an exercise i...Lakoff's "thinking" is an exercise in self-fettering through partisan pissery.<br /><br />It makes sense only if you assume Us vs Them is the ultimate struggle, and the next-coming Elephant vs Donkey skirmish the final battle in that struggle.<br /><br />Lakoff is completely useless outside the un-thinking mode of pure partisanship. And even within the mode, he's useless unlessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com