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Sounds like a simpler version of George Lakoff's "truth sandwich":

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...
January 27, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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by popular request i have turned the meme into a blog post, which explains how it works, links to the template file and includes a selection of examples from the thread

#KirbyFraming
January 29, 2026 at 6:27 AM
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And as @anthonymoser.com explains we need to Kirby these frames not accept them and go from there. The opposite!

anthonymoser.github.io/writing/rhet...

bsky.app/profile/anth...
February 1, 2026 at 7:13 AM
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They're like "Jeff you are not a cryptid, no I will not publish a sensational report of how I discovered you in the Appalachian mountains. We literally work together. We are in your office right now."
February 14, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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The most recent Movement Memos podcast covers this well truthout.org/audio/lets-l... “Deescalate all conflict that isn’t with the enemy.” from @margaret.bsky.social
Let’s Learn and Live Lessons in Collective Survival Together
“We are really good at finding what’s wrong with each other,” says author and podcaster Margaret Killjoy.
truthout.org
February 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Anatol Rappoport was good on this issue by differentiating between debates (opponents try to persuade each other), games (opponents try to win, within rules) and fights (opponents try to win without rules). A lot of politics seems to be people thinking they are in a debate when it is a fight.
Fights, Games, and Debates
A scientifically grounded method by which we can understand human conflict in all its forms
press.umich.edu
February 14, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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AND THEY ARE BETTER DESCRIPTORS. They build the work up, rather than drawing attention to the hate.
February 15, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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"subversive", "transgressive", "challenging"... these and many more are right there!
February 15, 2026 at 2:28 AM