{"id":31742,"date":"2012-12-12T11:57:05","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T18:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/12\/selecting-the-argument-that-works.html"},"modified":"2012-12-12T11:57:05","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T18:57:05","slug":"selecting-the-argument-that-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/12\/selecting-the-argument-that-works.html","title":{"rendered":"Selecting the argument that works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting article here on researchers who showed that imagery of disgusting impurity from environmental pollution was most effective in swaying conservatives about environmental issues and government intervention in same.<\/p>\n<p>This ties in with discussions about &quot;purity&quot; and &quot;disgust&quot; as motivators among religious (particularly) conservatives, something we see in various culture war contexts.<\/p>\n<p>Which is fine &#8212; each of us is motivated by various things. One person would read a graph showing pollutant levels and be driven to action; others would read a story of someone&#39;s suffering, and do something about it; still others need to see the filthy impact. \u00a0And all of those are legitimate and worthwhile ways of approaching the problem.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images3-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/cleveland1973.jpeg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2012\/12\/12\/1322831\/what-moves-conservatives-on-the-environment-show-them-pictures-of-what-happens-without-the-epa\/'>What Moves Conservatives On The Environment? Show Them Pictures Of What Happens Without The EPA<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIf you\u2019re a conservative, this image of Cleveland from 1973 taken before the Environmental Protection Agency started cleaning up our skies should make you care about the environment: That\u2019s according &#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/W7CTAtj7Kn5' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting article here on researchers who showed that imagery of disgusting impurity from environmental pollution was most effective in swaying conservatives about environmental issues and government intervention in same. This ties in with discussions about &quot;purity&quot; and &quot;disgust&quot; as motivators among religious (particularly) conservatives, something we see in various culture war contexts. Which is fine &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/12\/selecting-the-argument-that-works.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Selecting the argument that works&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":130614,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/07\/crafting-conservative-vs-liberal-messages-on-the-environment.html","url_meta":{"origin":31742,"position":0},"title":"Crafting Conservative vs. Liberal messages on the environment","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 7-May-16 2:08pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Interesting study about how the values you appeal to can affect whether a pro-environment message you craft has a positive or negative effect on conservatives who read it.[1] A message that appeals to compassion, justice, and fairness will tend to trigger negative reactions from conservative readers; a pro-environment message that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":33498,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/01\/going-into-the-red-rather-than-being-green.html","url_meta":{"origin":31742,"position":1},"title":"Going into the red rather than being green","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 1-May-13 2:49pm","format":false,"excerpt":"According to a new study, conservatives will reject green technology, even though\u00a0it saves them money, if it's actually marketed as being green or helping the environment.\u00a0'In many ways, these results echo those of a variety of previous surveys, which suggested things like energy-efficient and renewable technology was more popular when\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1511,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/12\/18\/perspective_3.html","url_meta":{"origin":31742,"position":2},"title":"Perspective","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 18-Dec-01 11:52pm","format":false,"excerpt":"John Walker, the American-turned-Taliban, has become the favorite whipping boy for various conservative pundits who see him as the archetypical leftist loonie from Marin County. 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