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Russell Conjugation is also a powerful tool they often use.
I am firm. [Positive empathy]
You are obstinate. [Neutral to mildly negative empathy]
He/She/It is pigheaded. [Very negative empathy]
Mostly gets folk to double-think that it's their perspective that chooses their description.
Can we see some examples of this actually happening? Have you seen this before?
The media largely only showed the video of George Floyd being knelt on, not him freaking out about not being able to breathe before that happened.
The Kenosha stuff was quite obviously at least possibly self defense when the whole incident was shown.
Both of those may or may not have affected the court cases, but the riots that happened? People’s opinion on them?
Oh, just thought of a better one - Nicholas Sandmann. There’s a full 180.
Are you implying that restricting someone's breathing by kneeling on them would somehow be less bad if that person was already complaining of breathing difficulty?
I’m not saying it at all excuses their actions, just that the media was pushing a narrative by not including that.
BLM "mostly peaceful" protest vs riot
When it first happened the media framed it with the racially inflammatory headline:
"White cop shoots and kills unarmed black teen"
All technically true information. But what really happened (according to forensic evidence and credible testimony) could also be framed as "Convenience store robber attacks police officer and was killed in the process". It's hard to tell exactly what happened since we only have a few facts and the rest is witness testimony, but it seems the media definitely pre-determined that the framing of the story should be that the cop was the "bad guy" and the victim was the "good guy" and that the whole thing should have a racism angle.
> I've dealt with someone with eBPD who was unable to get through a 45 minute therapy session without contradicting themselves. They also habitually selectively report facts to distort reality... Here's an example with details changed: "Joe drank too much last night and we got in a car crash." Reality, Joe was in the passenger seat, and the driver hit a deer that jumped out in front of them. On confrontation: "I never said Joe drove drunk!"
It shows how the media will abuse framing even with such a trivial event.
"I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience"
The reframe sank Mondale's campaign.
BTW, Reagan was a master at reframing difficult questions into a joke, thereby disarming their payload. I remember the Democrats at the time complaining in bitter frustration at how adroitly the "Teflon President" did this.
For example, Jimmy Carter never looked Presidential. For one, he encouraged people to call him "Jimmy" rather than "James". For another, he'd wear a sweater when giving speeches to the public.
People liked that Reagan wore a sharp suit and acted (yes, acted) the role of President.
(In reality both are moderates that resisted enormous pressure from their respective parties.)
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/john-mccain-...
[2] https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/579766-joe-...