I think that a lot of the problem is the word "flip-flop". It's so catchy and negative, that if an opponent attaches it to someone, it must be horrible.
I've been really bad at keeping up with their work, but I think that the Rockridge Institute is working on issues related to words like this.
Unfortunately, they're not working on getting rid of this type of thinking, which may not even be possible, but with using it for liberals as it has been used so effectively in the last thirty years for, well, I don't want to say for conservatives, but for Republicans.
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Date: 2008-01-05 06:51 pm (UTC)I think that a lot of the problem is the word "flip-flop". It's so catchy and negative, that if an opponent attaches it to someone, it must be horrible.
I've been really bad at keeping up with their work, but I think that the Rockridge Institute is working on issues related to words like this.
Unfortunately, they're not working on getting rid of this type of thinking, which may not even be possible, but with using it for liberals as it has been used so effectively in the last thirty years for, well, I don't want to say for conservatives, but for Republicans.
How's that for a run-on sentence!