George Lakoff: Trump won by selling ‘the big lie’

Posted by | January 18, 2017 08:29 | Filed under: Politics Radio Interviews

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Linguist George Lakoff explained to me how Trump used language to win.

We talked about whether Democrats have themselves to blame for President-Elect Trump’s victory and how they can improve on getting their message across to voters.

Lakoff said President-Elect Trump was much better at getting his message across by using the repetition of slogans and ideas to get his supporters in line with his vision, a concept known as “The Big Lie.” Lakoff also said Democrats made a mistake by incorporating President-Elect Trump’s words in their own slogans and speeches, which only reminded people more of the Republican nominee, and that Democrats think they have to win people over by appealing to their gut reactions, but should be trying to change their thoughts instead.

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15 responses to George Lakoff: Trump won by selling ‘the big lie’

  1. Buford2k11 January 18th, 2017 at 08:47

    Big Lie or not…We in a BIG MESS…and we are about to learn just how screwed we really are…

    • Suzanne McFly January 18th, 2017 at 10:12

      Calm your heart my friend and take Noodles and Rico out for a walk and take some pictures.

  2. Dammitjim January 18th, 2017 at 09:30

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs6UcgiDwg0

    • Suzanne McFly January 18th, 2017 at 10:17

      Great video, I put it on FB and now I will be awaiting the pissed off comments lol.

    • StoneyCurtisll January 18th, 2017 at 13:38

      Now that is funny~!

  3. Budda January 18th, 2017 at 09:48

    Everything he said was a lie…and stupid people want to believe them.

  4. Suzanne McFly January 18th, 2017 at 10:09

    In other words, his voters selected him because they liked his slogans better. If they could think at a deeper level, they would of realized they were being shafted, but again that proves we need to fund education and DeVos will ensure that will not happen.

  5. oldfart January 18th, 2017 at 10:45

    That is certainly one of many reasons. Hopefully Democrats will learn to do better
    sooner than later.

    • starskeptic January 18th, 2017 at 22:57

      I’ve been hoping that for 40 yrs…

      • oldfart January 19th, 2017 at 00:14

        At least that many for myself too !

        • starskeptic January 19th, 2017 at 06:22

          “I’m not a member of any organized political party…. I’m a Democrat.”

  6. Bunya January 18th, 2017 at 13:35

    I disagree. I think all his racist constituents heard was “I’m building a big wall and will have Mexico pay for it”.

  7. Mensa Member January 19th, 2017 at 00:41

    Alan chides his liberal callers to not call Trump followers dumb.

    OK, you can’t generalize every single voter.

    But, we live in a post-PC era, so I’m gonna just say it: as a group they seem pretty dumb.

    Listen to Alan’s conservative callers. They lack basic facts and critical thinking skills. So, they fell for Trump’s “big lie”.

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