a "blue" voter (okay, I hate these terms, but they've become universal shorthand)
I encourage you to, if you hate the shorthand, to refuse to use it. We don't have to adopt commonly-used terms to be understood, especially if the metaphors are either ridiculous or frame (http://www.changethis.com/5.GeorgeLakoff) a discussion in emotion terms we disagree with or find invalid.
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Date: 2004-11-05 02:52 pm (UTC)I encourage you to, if you hate the shorthand, to refuse to use it. We don't have to adopt commonly-used terms to be understood, especially if the metaphors are either ridiculous or frame (http://www.changethis.com/5.GeorgeLakoff) a discussion in emotion terms we disagree with or find invalid.