Comments on: Historical Frames http://blog.maxpersuasion.com/historical-frames/ Persuasion Strategies for Opening Doors and Winning Favor with the Affluent. Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:52:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JC http://blog.maxpersuasion.com/historical-frames/comment-page-1/#comment-4544 JC Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:00:57 +0000 http://blog.maxpersuasion.com/historical-frames/#comment-4544 This post is so true. Everything we read and listen to is a product meant to produce specific beliefs in the populace that serve particular groups whether they are true or not. What is not reported is often as important to seeing the whole picture than what editors choose to print as "news". The frames that are preferred by Madison Avenue are trumpeted in the daily barrage of advertising we face every day about we should say, do, and think. I often tell my friends we in the U.S. are "drugged up and dumbed down" as every other commercial is from a pharmaceutical company and much of what passes for entertainment seems meant to be a distraction to turn your thinking off - Bread and Circuses in full effect. I am very sorry Dr. Paul didn't make it. He says out loud what the country needs to hear but his frame is actively suppressed because it would restore more power to individuals and reduce or eliminate the various three letter entities that make up what Noam Chomsky frames as "The Empire" and its corporate henchmen. There is a good documentary I think you and other libertarian minded individuals would like that features Dr. Paul and some other commentators called "Freedom to Fascism" by the late Aaron Russo. His site is http:\\www.freedomtofascism.com The mental prison that starts out as "be quiet" "stand in line" and especially "obey" we are taught as kids is complete when adults accept government omnipotence as normal - all the heavy police presence, surveillance, warrentless wiretaps, demands for "your papers" that Mr. Russo talks about in this film. All this is needed "for our security". I see '1984' and 'Animal Farm' flashing before my eyes. The frame that most everyone accepts now as normal would not have been acceptable to a lot of better men who came before us. Or were they just not under the influence of the modern media ? This post is so true. Everything we read and listen to is a product meant to produce specific beliefs in the populace that serve particular groups whether they are true or not. What is not reported is often as important to seeing the whole picture than what editors choose to print as "news". The frames that are preferred by Madison Avenue are trumpeted in the daily barrage of advertising we face every day about we should say, do, and think. I often tell my friends we in the U.S. are "drugged up and dumbed down" as every other commercial is from a pharmaceutical company and much of what passes for entertainment seems meant to be a distraction to turn your thinking off - Bread and Circuses in full effect. I am very sorry Dr. Paul didn't make it. He says out loud what the country needs to hear but his frame is actively suppressed because it would restore more power to individuals and reduce or eliminate the various three letter entities that make up what Noam Chomsky frames as "The Empire" and its corporate henchmen. There is a good documentary I think you and other libertarian minded individuals would like that features Dr. Paul and some other commentators called "Freedom to Fascism" by the late Aaron Russo. His site is http:\\www.freedomtofascism.com The mental prison that starts out as "be quiet" "stand in line" and especially "obey" we are taught as kids is complete when adults accept government omnipotence as normal - all the heavy police presence, surveillance, warrentless wiretaps, demands for "your papers" that Mr. Russo talks about in this film. All this is needed "for our security". I see '1984' and 'Animal Farm' flashing before my eyes. The frame that most everyone accepts now as normal would not have been acceptable to a lot of better men who came before us. Or were they just not under the influence of the modern media ?

]]> By: Ron Hudson http://blog.maxpersuasion.com/historical-frames/comment-page-1/#comment-4256 Ron Hudson Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:56:01 +0000 http://blog.maxpersuasion.com/historical-frames/#comment-4256 Kenrick, This is an understatement but I'm going to write it. This article was very insightful. Obviously, you are a master of persuasion! Warmly, Ron Kenrick,

This is an understatement but I'm going to write it. This article was very insightful. Obviously, you are a master of persuasion!

Warmly,

Ron

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