Protestantism

» pink101 - Liberal=Snake In The Grass

In response to Commnication posted by paper_turtle:
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You say "liberal" and in your mind "liberal" = good thing. Gee Dubya says "liberal" and means "snake in the grass."
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I'll just deal with this one statement as it makes my point.
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We used to call the subject Rhetoric which refers to the way ideas are framed. Framing is the mechanism that gives meaning to words within a context. The ideas of "liberal" has been framed so often as meaning a "snake in the grass" that even "liberals" hesitate to use the word to define their own perspectives on reality.
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Bush is masterful in the way he frames the concepts he uses in his speaches. And, America is being taught a new way of uderstanding its destiny in the world.
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Our freedom--the hope of humanity--is being sold down the river on a rickety raft of security that is sinking.
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Get out the history books and dust them off. Open them up and read them. It's easy to see what is going down.
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-- posted by pink101