Glenn Beck and Racism-Do words have consequences?
Glenn Beck called President Obama a racist. And like the tree in the forest, if no one hears it did it make a noise? Glenn Beck took America back two hundred years and the forest has been largely silent.
Fox News publicly divorced themselves from Beck’s comments.
There should be an outcry for Fox to divorce themselves from Beck himself.
Fox hosts are in a race to out right each other: I’m more to the right than you, NO I’m more to the right than you, NO I’m more to the right than you. Beck attempted to out right all Fox hosts by calling the president of the United States a racist. And voices were silent. Where were the red dogs, blue dogs, or purple dogs? Why weren’t they screaming from the roof tops when one of their dogs was insulted?
Why does it matter? As a Communication Coach I have to scream from the rooftops that words have consequences. Six million Jews did not disappear overnight in Germany. First there was the language of hate. First language is used to separate “them” from us, then speech is used to disenfranchise a group of people, then speech allows people to treat others in an inferior way.
When is rhetoric racist? To say the President of the United States has a deep-seated hate for white people, is that racist? To say he is a “a guy who has a deep-seated hatred for white culture.” Is that rascist?
Republicans should not be trusted any more for their views on rascism than for their views on marriage.
I’m Talking and I Can’t Shut Up–The President and the Health Care News Conference
I have developed 50 Rules of Communication. President Obama
violates 30 of the rules when he conducts a news conference.
Great speaker, ineffective at the question and answer segment of the program.
The first rule is that there are rules. The second rule is that there are consequences when a speaker does not follow my rules. The consequence of not following the rules is being ineffective. When you bore the audience to death, you can’t be effective.
Another rule is to answer a question in the time it takes to walk across a room. That is a room, not a State. He remembers every part of every reporter’s three-part question. Us mere mortals are so lost in the answer we can’t even remember the question.
Yes, these are complicated serious issues. That is not license to bore.
Because the issues are complicated, the burden falls on the president even more
to talk with a succinct clarity.
Observe the press corps 30 minutes into the ordeal. Look at their faces, the blank stares. Another rule is that the audience drives everything. Speakers must watch the audience for signs of buy-in or boredom.
His highpoint and therefore the highlight of the news conference were his succinct comments on the Professor Gates Cambridge situation. His answers stand out because they were clearer than the detour riddled health care answers.
We as the audience knew exactly where he stood. He even was able to broach that sensitive topic with humor. Where is his clarity and humor when we need it most?
Sotomayer, McCain and Bork
what do sotomayer, mccain and bork have in common? when Bork was nominated for the supreme court,
he refused to practice or rehearse for his senate
hearings. as yo know, his nomination did not pass. sotomayer has been practicing with questions being asked of her. what interviewee would not practice? she is doing everything she can to control the outcome. and you do it by controlling yourself.
mccain, as a candidate, announced that he did not knowor use email. now he is on facebook and he tweets!
what are you diong to stay current?
House of Palin – an open letter to srah palin
Just when I was lovin’ the email exchange between
you and mccain’s campaign advisor. it got even better.
First, let me say that by 2009 everyone should know
that you should not write anything in an email that you do not want reprinted or forwarded. if you are going to run this ountry, you certainly need to know this.
secondly, quitting is not a winning strategy in basketball or elected office. the people of alaska elected you to 4 years. you had a commitment, a covenant with them to fulfill that promise.
the only two choices are not be a lame duck and
milk the state or quit. surely you can be more
resourceful than identifying only those two options.
third, it is fine to not use noted. but notes and a script were created for a reason. perhpas if you had used one of those, you would have reduced that shrill tone that our eni
your entire speech took on.
when you use the word clarity, you actually have to do it. clarity is not just an ideal, you could actually talk with clarity, even in A -LAS-KA
governor sanford stop talking-5 steps to stay in office
Governor Sanford, from a communication standpoint, every time you open your mouth, you stick your foot in it.
5 tips to protect your value
1. stop talking
just stop. issue compassionate press releases
asking for privacy and prayers.stop bringing it up, stop answering, just stop.
2. don’t refer to the woman with whom you broke your vows, as your soulmate. if you are serious about
repairing your marriage, she is the other woman,
period.
3. she is not a “love story”. raising 4 great children with one woman, who believed in you, and worked with and for you, that is a love story.
4. keep details private. the word private was created for a reason. neither your kids nor me, want to hear
details. in this case, they are actually worse than
what we imagine.
5. don’t volunteer information. we don’t deserve any info we don’t want it, don’t volunteer.
fall on your own sword, silently.
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