The Occupy Movement just hit bone...
(Link HERE.)
My favorite quote from the linked story, though, from Mr. Lutz is Tip #7 to Republican Governors on how to change the discussion of the Occupy Movement:
Oh... you get it?
Really.
Well, I feel better already.
Wait...
I have three words for you...
"No, you don't."
You don't "get it". You don't get the anger. You don't get the inequality. And you don't get that we want to fix the system.
We don't want the system fixed, we want a complete upgrade.
The system sucks. We want something better than the current system offers.
The Republican solutions to every problem is tax cuts, followed by tax cuts, with a side order of... tax cuts.
Republican solutions aren't going to fix the problem. Republican solutions are a fundamental part of the problem.
What Mr. Lutz is demonstrating is that the Occupy Movement is not being fully apprecianted by a big chunk of contemporary conservative political activists at the moment.
Lutz is attempting to "rebrand" the problem to favor Republicans. He has built something of an industry on such attempts. And since he has a long history of success with these Jedi Mind Tricks, it's no surprise at all that he is doing what has historically worked for him in the past.
But I suspect that this is not going to work quite so well today.
Anyone who believes that an Occupier can be mollified by a politician, any politician, with the words "I get it" is borderline delusional. This isn't the TEA Party that you can just give a Binky and say that you agree with American Exceptionalism and then you are fine. This is a different breed of cat altogether.
And Frank Lutz, who is normally much sharper about trends such as this, has just established that even his considerable cultural acumen has its limits.
And the Occupy Movement has just demonstrated that they have exceeded those limits.
"I'm so scared of this anti-Wall Street effort. I'm frightened to death," said Frank Luntz, a Republican strategist and one of the nation's foremost experts on crafting the perfect political message. "They're having an impact on what the American people think of capitalism."
(Link HERE.)
My favorite quote from the linked story, though, from Mr. Lutz is Tip #7 to Republican Governors on how to change the discussion of the Occupy Movement:
7. The three most important words you can say to an Occupier: 'I get it.'
"First off, here are three words for you all: 'I get it.' . . . 'I get that you're angry. I get that you've seen inequality. I get that you want to fix the system."
Then, he instructed, offer Republican solutions to the problem.
Oh... you get it?
Really.
Well, I feel better already.
Wait...
I have three words for you...
"No, you don't."
You don't "get it". You don't get the anger. You don't get the inequality. And you don't get that we want to fix the system.
We don't want the system fixed, we want a complete upgrade.
The system sucks. We want something better than the current system offers.
The Republican solutions to every problem is tax cuts, followed by tax cuts, with a side order of... tax cuts.
Republican solutions aren't going to fix the problem. Republican solutions are a fundamental part of the problem.
What Mr. Lutz is demonstrating is that the Occupy Movement is not being fully apprecianted by a big chunk of contemporary conservative political activists at the moment.
Lutz is attempting to "rebrand" the problem to favor Republicans. He has built something of an industry on such attempts. And since he has a long history of success with these Jedi Mind Tricks, it's no surprise at all that he is doing what has historically worked for him in the past.
But I suspect that this is not going to work quite so well today.
Anyone who believes that an Occupier can be mollified by a politician, any politician, with the words "I get it" is borderline delusional. This isn't the TEA Party that you can just give a Binky and say that you agree with American Exceptionalism and then you are fine. This is a different breed of cat altogether.
And Frank Lutz, who is normally much sharper about trends such as this, has just established that even his considerable cultural acumen has its limits.
And the Occupy Movement has just demonstrated that they have exceeded those limits.
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