BS: The Book Burning Party

Subject: BS: The Book Burning Party
From: Wesley S
Date: 19 Jun 12 - 04:05 PM

This is a Move On video that can also be called - "How to beat the Tea Party at their own game and save a library in the process"


The Book Burning Party

Subject: RE: BS: The Book Burning Party
From: Don Firth
Date: 19 Jun 12 - 04:24 PM

451° F.

Ray Bradbure LIVES!!

Don't let the philstines frame the arguement (talking "taxes" in this case). Frame YOUR argument around what's really at stake. The availability of books.

George Lakoff has written an excellent book entitled Don't Think of an Elephant, in which he explains what framing is all about. And he also points out that the conservative forces in this country maintain several well-funded think tanks whose job it is to frame arguments, so, if people are willing to use their terminology (i.e., taxes rather than books), their argument is about 90% won.

Don't let them get away with it!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: The Book Burning Party
From: GUEST,saulgoldie
Date: 19 Jun 12 - 05:01 PM

Funny thing about that "elephant" book. Seems the Democrats, of which I think Lakoff is one (from the Democratic wing, no less) don't seem to have read it. Or at least, they don't ACT like they have. But the Republicans have!

Saul

Subject: RE: BS: The Book Burning Party
From: gnu
Date: 19 Jun 12 - 05:13 PM

Hot damn! Great stuff!

Subject: RE: BS: The Book Burning Party
From: Bobert
Date: 19 Jun 12 - 07:04 PM

Reminds me of a "Puppy Burn" we organized back in the 60's... Yup, we put posters up all over campus saying we were going th burn a puppy and got a couple thousand angry people to attend what was an anti-war rally in disguise... Told them, "Hey, you came here today over your concern for the life of a puppy... We want to tell you what is happening in Vietnam..."...

Thanks for posting this Wesley...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: The Book Burning Party
From: gnu
Date: 19 Jun 12 - 07:15 PM

Cool dude!

Subject: RE: BS: The Book Burning Party
From: Rapparee
Date: 19 Jun 12 - 08:39 PM

Back when I was working as a librarian I wanted to take all of the books that didn't sell at six or seven book sales and burn them. I was going to send invitations to the Intellectual Freedom people at the American Library Association.

(I'm talking things like a 1958 arithmetic book, a dictionary that was falling apart, stuff like that.)

Subject: RE: BS: The Book Burning Party
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 19 Jun 12 - 09:39 PM

In the seventies I mighta smoked a few of those puppies my self.

Subject: RE: BS: The Book Burning Party
From: katlaughing
Date: 19 Jun 12 - 10:27 PM

That's a brilliant campaign. Thanks for posting it.

Subject: RE: BS: The Book Burning Party
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 19 Jun 12 - 10:31 PM

Loved it!