And then ask anyone who has ever worked in a domestic violence shelter if they have heard this before.
They will tell you, every single day.
The answer is quite simple. They beat us because they are abusers. We can call it hate. We can call it fear. We can say it is unfair. But we are looped into the cycle of violence, and we need to start calling the dominating side what they are: abusive. And we need to recognize that we are the victims of verbal, mental, and even, in the case of Iraq, physical violence.
As victims we can't stop asking ourselves what we did wrong.
This is so right. We've got to stop being played like a violin by the liberal media.
All this talk about values and the religious vote or the hispanic vote is playing right into their hands! We are playing the victim's role. And all the discussion on this blog and others about what our message should be is completely beside the point. Why? Because we don't control the media, and THEY DO. It doesn't matter what nuanced words we use, when they go through the media filter, they will be twisted against us.
So forget about all this Lakoff stuff. It might become relevant once the media isn't controlled by the right wing noise machine. But until then, it is beside the point.
As long as they control the air waves, we will not be able to get out message out. So why worry about the fine points of our message?
The only time Kerry was able to get his message out unfiltered was during the debates--and his poll ratings soared. So what was wrong with his message? Nothing.
What was wrong was that the media war against him went on nonstop after the debates.
What we have to do is take action against the media. How do we do that? I don't know, but figuring that out is much more important than playing with words.
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