Using Tangible Imagery In a Media Society to make your point: Fight the Right
NOTES:
- The following is my response to my mother's question about using the town of Millinocket as an example for economic benefit rather than the town of Greenville, which is closer.
- My mother's original letter follows my reply.
- My published letter to the Kennebec Journal is the previous blog entry.
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Hi Mom,
I chose Millinocket because it seems most economic arguments and concerns stem from the closing of the mill there - I don't know much about Greenville, but I don't think there was ever an economic powerhouse like the mill there. Also, by inference you'd assume Greenville would be benefiting if a neighbor as far as Millinocket would be benefitting - and the state government to boot.
Actually, you bring up a good point about the letter: I am using a rhetorical strategy that is more commonly found in the rhetoric of the established powers and douchebags like Rove and Bush: They name specific targets, like I have by comparing Augusta to China, etc, to allow the reader/listener make their own emotional inference.
While perhpas not being exactly correct, it suggests both a specific event - the transfer of money - and a general phenomenon, economic colonization. People relate to illustration better than lectures about generalized ideals and how things should be, it's human to want tangible images.
I think the left has allowed the propaganda machine of the past 6 years hijack the imagery - and therefore the entire discussion. The left needs to learn how to illustrate general phenomenon with specific examples.
This is why I am creating Creditland as a user oriented site: People will provide their own experiences to create a collective image of the grueling, tearing hair out of the head event that happens at 10 million American kitchen tables every single night. I am actually considering naming the "homepage" of Creditland online "The Kitchen Table"
Thanks for asking, it's an interesting point.
On Jan 7, 2008 9:03 PM, Hope Brogunier wrote:
Hi Tobe,
Had a thought today re:your letter which leads to a question...Did you intend to use Millinockett and Augusta specifically when you were talking about keeping the $$ from going to Seattle and China or were those arbitrary choices? I ask because there is specific significance to Greenville of course being positioned on Moosehead i.e ripe for reviving the ski slopes there which would be a compatible use versus these house lots and roads all over the place...there was a very good op-ed in the wkend paper which I'll send to you or maybe you can see it on-line..Still need to send my comments to LURC as will be away(Uncle Will's service) for the final hearing on 1/19 in Greenville.Really hope your letter will be published.It packs a whallop! You got it in at a good time and I've heard the new editor person is better than previous one.Love, Mom
- The following is my response to my mother's question about using the town of Millinocket as an example for economic benefit rather than the town of Greenville, which is closer.
- My mother's original letter follows my reply.
- My published letter to the Kennebec Journal is the previous blog entry.
- - -
Hi Mom,
I chose Millinocket because it seems most economic arguments and concerns stem from the closing of the mill there - I don't know much about Greenville, but I don't think there was ever an economic powerhouse like the mill there. Also, by inference you'd assume Greenville would be benefiting if a neighbor as far as Millinocket would be benefitting - and the state government to boot.
Actually, you bring up a good point about the letter: I am using a rhetorical strategy that is more commonly found in the rhetoric of the established powers and douchebags like Rove and Bush: They name specific targets, like I have by comparing Augusta to China, etc, to allow the reader/listener make their own emotional inference.
While perhpas not being exactly correct, it suggests both a specific event - the transfer of money - and a general phenomenon, economic colonization. People relate to illustration better than lectures about generalized ideals and how things should be, it's human to want tangible images.
I think the left has allowed the propaganda machine of the past 6 years hijack the imagery - and therefore the entire discussion. The left needs to learn how to illustrate general phenomenon with specific examples.
This is why I am creating Creditland as a user oriented site: People will provide their own experiences to create a collective image of the grueling, tearing hair out of the head event that happens at 10 million American kitchen tables every single night. I am actually considering naming the "homepage" of Creditland online "The Kitchen Table"
Thanks for asking, it's an interesting point.
On Jan 7, 2008 9:03 PM, Hope Brogunier
Hi Tobe,
Had a thought today re:your letter which leads to a question...Did you intend to use Millinockett and Augusta specifically when you were talking about keeping the $$ from going to Seattle and China or were those arbitrary choices? I ask because there is specific significance to Greenville of course being positioned on Moosehead i.e ripe for reviving the ski slopes there which would be a compatible use versus these house lots and roads all over the place...there was a very good op-ed in the wkend paper which I'll send to you or maybe you can see it on-line..Still need to send my comments to LURC as will be away(Uncle Will's service) for the final hearing on 1/19 in Greenville.Really hope your letter will be published.It packs a whallop! You got it in at a good time and I've heard the new editor person is better than previous one.Love, Mom
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