Ways to reframe or break a message and ways to think about reframing

I went back and read some of the thread and it is positive growth. Joe is exactly on the right track when he attempts to inform and educate the electorate in an authentic manner. It isn't so much about getting the perfect hook message drilled into people's skulls (though that could show short term gain) - as getting people to mentally pan out from the picture and recognize the manipulative techniques being used on them.

Something in the thread inspired another thought/ question: Why don't we fear? What are the reasons we feel directly protected in our bodies and homes? What makes me feel most protected is recollecting the days of having layer upon layer of people (my immediate family, network of cousins, and friends/neighbors) looking out for my best interest. If any of them suspected that someone wanted to harm me, the issue would certainly be dealt with before I could even come in harms way. Of course the more docile and restricted I was with movement made me much easier to protect.

I moved away from that community as a young adult and struck out on my own. Life is more difficult without the instant network of people caring about you. You have to create that safety net another way, usually with money (large homes/properties, security systems, weapons, babysitters, house sitters, insurance, self defense education).

Digging deep, I understand now that Progressivism is about accepting and acting in a way that invites the world at large to be your family. To be those layers for one another that look out for each others best interest, to establish a trust that we can serve as a protector and warning signal for one another, like animals in a forest. We can work together without overtaxing one another, but it has to start in a sort of touchy feely way and a lot of us are pretty uptight about that.

Really I believe that if the new President asked us to walk down our street and introduced ourselves to a family that seemed different than ours then invited them to dinner, it would do more for our "Prosperity" than spending $600. at Wal-Mart would.

No political gain or party or legislation need be discussed, just a real solid action that extended ourselves outside the comfort zone and toward a better, more Progressive understanding of one another. Just one freestyle community strengthening act required by our President to call yourself Patriotic for the week.

Imagine that. Making friends in your neighborhood is the opposite of fear and adds real security to you and your house.

It would also be interesting to see how the individualists handle that request of the citizenry.

Sorry I digressed so much, but this is the thread that spawned it, so I thought I'd share.

Obviously I don't feel protected in the recollecting of the protective time, I was just thinking back to the time I felt most protected - as a kid.