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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 04:03 PM Original message |
Please stop using the word "narrative" in political discourse |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. If you don't think there is a narrative, you're mistaken |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. That is what we are when it comes down to it - our narratives. And that is what the politicians |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. I hate that word too. It means a tale. I'm sick of tales. nt |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Read Political Activism and Narrative Analysis: The Biographical Template and the Meat Pot |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. no |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Only if you stop using the word "discourse" |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's a perfectly good word |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. Nope, policies and debates require context. We must present and refute narratives |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. Narrative is the key though |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. Can we use |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. But you get to talk about "political discourse"? |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. I think narrative is important |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. Shit... |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. I used the word "narrative" in a recent post. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. The right-wing operates using an unofficial narrative about, for exa., The American Dream |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. I agree with you but think we are in a small minority. I just wonder how much that term .... |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. In a working class pol. discussion it's called a "bullshit story"... |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. "Narrative World" |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. It's all about the narrative. |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
19. One of the problems with progressives |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. Since the public is hung up on gossipy personality-driven stories (narratives)... they will endure. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-15-11 12:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. The ability to tell stories is pretty much what distinguishes us |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-15-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Hehe... and here you have provided a "narrative" to justify Human Domination of the planet... |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-15-11 01:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Nice false dichotomy. |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
21. As long as dollars are free speech |
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BackToThe60s (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-15-11 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
26. Better "narrative" |
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