When I got home yesterday and was unwinding in front of MSNBC, I found myself face-to-face with someone spewing Lakoff's "Strict Father Morality" on a cable news network that is not often counted among the more "conservative" outlets. Here's a link to the video:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31510813/#39046090
The commentator, Cenk Uygur, is a progressive talk radio host and it was very interesting for me to see someone who would probably never identify himself as a conservative fit nearly perfectly within Lakoff's model of a Strict Father. In this clip entitled "Grading America's Parents", Uygur argues that ultimately it is parents who should be held responsible for the quality of their children's educational performance - not teachers, school districts, social policies, etc.
-Patricia Liever
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