tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11282727.post4505183109566498933..comments2024-03-09T04:13:53.858-06:00Comments on Accidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning LinksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11282727.post-41729337816702033252014-02-02T14:48:18.554-06:002014-02-02T14:48:18.554-06:00Lakoff is right as far as he goes. What he misses...Lakoff is right as far as he goes. What he misses is that liberals don't make the strong moral arguments not so much because they are fools as because their leaders are in fact morally compromised. The Democratic leadership are collectively bought and paid for. They don't make winning arguments because they don't want to win, and they don't make moral arguments partly because this will make it harder for them to justify rejection of that morality once in office, partly because they fear whipping up real activism for the causes they pretend to back, and perhaps partly because they retain a sliver of shame.<br /><br />As to the whole "strict-father" versus "nurturant-parent" model thing . . . It's interesting. I think it holds a good deal of water, but perhaps not as much as he wants to pour in.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.com