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**Being bad is being low
 
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**Doing Evil is falling
 
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** Evil is a force (Conservatives tend to see evil as something done by somebody, and this relate to the [[FFFF]] mode of somthing that try to harm us. [[User:WinSysop|WinSysop]] 13:08, 15 August 2012 (IDT))
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** Evil is a force (Conservatives tend to see evil as something done by somebody, and this relate to the [[FFFF]] mode of somthing that try to harm us. [[User:WinSysop|Tal Yaron]] 13:10, 15 August 2012 (IDT))
  
  

Revision as of 04:10, 15 August 2012

Original paper[1].

Summery

Lakoff set several moral metaphors used liberals and conservatives.

Conservative metaphors

The most important is strength metaphor:

  • Good
    • Being good is being upright
    • Morality is strength
  • Bad
    • Being bad is being low
    • Doing Evil is falling
    • Evil is a force (Conservatives tend to see evil as something done by somebody, and this relate to the FFFF mode of somthing that try to harm us. Tal Yaron 13:10, 15 August 2012 (IDT))


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