Comments on: The Paranoid Style In American Educational Politics http://www.edwize.org/the-paranoid-style-in-american-educational-politics Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:23:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Dick Schutz http://www.edwize.org/the-paranoid-style-in-american-educational-politics/comment-page-1#comment-66607 Dick Schutz Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:52:33 +0000 http://www.edwize.org/?p=5107#comment-66607 Hey, guys. This isn't about kids or schools. It's about winning back political power, or at least not losing more power. Who is going to remember what President Obama said to the kid? The charges would have been the same whatever the President said. What will be remembered is "socialist," "government takeover" and the other pejoratives. Denying the charges just adds to the salience: "Don't think of an elephant." The Republicans use the same playbook over and over and the Democrats fall for it every time. Hey, guys. This isn’t about kids or schools. It’s about winning back political power, or at least not losing more power.

Who is going to remember what President Obama said to the kid? The charges would have been the same whatever the President said. What will be remembered is “socialist,” “government takeover” and the other pejoratives. Denying the charges just adds to the salience: “Don’t think of an elephant.”

The Republicans use the same playbook over and over and the Democrats fall for it every time.

]]> By: M.R. http://www.edwize.org/the-paranoid-style-in-american-educational-politics/comment-page-1#comment-66603 M.R. Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:08:51 +0000 http://www.edwize.org/?p=5107#comment-66603 I hear your points, Leo. Personally though, I don't like it. It creeps me out. Having taught "1984", it does kind of strike me as Orwellian. I hear your points, Leo. Personally though, I don’t like it. It creeps me out. Having taught “1984″, it does kind of strike me as Orwellian.

]]> By: W.J. Levay http://www.edwize.org/the-paranoid-style-in-american-educational-politics/comment-page-1#comment-66602 W.J. Levay Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:06:44 +0000 http://www.edwize.org/?p=5107#comment-66602 Thanks for writing this, Leo. I was horrified to read the front-page story in today's <em>Times</em> about the uproar in Texas over <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/us/04school.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Obama's planned speech to students</a>. "Cover your ears, children! The president would like to speak to you." It's truly frightening. Thanks for writing this, Leo. I was horrified to read the front-page story in today’s Times about the uproar in Texas over Obama’s planned speech to students. “Cover your ears, children! The president would like to speak to you.” It’s truly frightening.

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