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Bernie Sanders

guillaumeb

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1. Goldman has talked before about "framing the narrative".

Reply to Duckfan (Original post)

Mon Jan 18, 2016, 08:54 PM

Jan 2016

Many people in the US apparently have little idea about what socialism is. It sounds like Communism, or pacifism, or idealism, or all those other words that end in "ism".

Make a word sound scary and people will think it represents something scary.

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Did I just hear Norman Goldman correctly? [View all] Duckfan Jan 2016 OP

Goldman has talked before about "framing the narrative". guillaumeb Jan 2016 #1

For the real scary word is safeinOhio Jan 2016 #2

+10000 draa Jan 2016 #3

I nearly fainted just reading it. guillaumeb Jan 2016 #4

Compromise and bipartisan make me uneasy these days. n/t TIME TO PANIC Jan 2016 #5

Plus a bazillion! Enthusiast Jan 2016 #10

Then The Challenge Is To Make It Sound Good Before They... global1 Jan 2016 #6

Agreed. guillaumeb Jan 2016 #7

Use 'Social' Media To Turn The Term 'Socialism'... global1 Jan 2016 #8

I don't think he realizes that the electorate has changed significantly. eridani Jan 2016 #9