Marina Sundfeld Pereira
@masund.bsky.social
Brazilian Linguist, Germanist and other "-ists". I'm passionate about Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT). Let's talk about it!
Minha sugestão é trazer o debate para a seguinte direção: perdoar é nobre, mas o perdão se consegue através do arrependimento. Esse, por sua vez, se obtém através da justiça bem aplicada. E tragam o debate pro "frame" da justiça, que agrada direita, esquerda e indecisos.
Para o eleitor moderado, a Baby e o bolsonarismo são o cristianismo que perdoa, enquanto a esquerda é belicosa. Eu, que sou de esquerda, odiei o que a Baby falou. Mas o que o eleitor moderado, aquele católico não praticante, o evangélico bondoso entre outros querem ouvir? Mudem o "frame"!
Criticar o perdão é manter o "frame" do cristianismo e ser o vilão da história. É pregar para a militância de esquerda, já bastante engajada, pregar para convertido. Essa estratégia não deu certo em 2018 e não vai dar certo para 2026. Querem perder? Continuem assim.
March 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Minha sugestão é trazer o debate para a seguinte direção: perdoar é nobre, mas o perdão se consegue através do arrependimento. Esse, por sua vez, se obtém através da justiça bem aplicada. E tragam o debate pro "frame" da justiça, que agrada direita, esquerda e indecisos.
Para o eleitor moderado, a Baby e o bolsonarismo são o cristianismo que perdoa, enquanto a esquerda é belicosa. Eu, que sou de esquerda, odiei o que a Baby falou. Mas o que o eleitor moderado, aquele católico não praticante, o evangélico bondoso entre outros querem ouvir? Mudem o "frame"!
Criticar o perdão é manter o "frame" do cristianismo e ser o vilão da história. É pregar para a militância de esquerda, já bastante engajada, pregar para convertido. Essa estratégia não deu certo em 2018 e não vai dar certo para 2026. Querem perder? Continuem assim.
A Baby pediu para vítimas perdoarem seus agressores/abusadores. A palavra é "perdão", uma atitude cristã e nobre. Esquerda do meu Brasil, na boa, fala sério: se você critica isso, quem você acha que os eleitores moderados cristãos vão escolher na próxima eleição? [Continua...]
March 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Para o eleitor moderado, a Baby e o bolsonarismo são o cristianismo que perdoa, enquanto a esquerda é belicosa. Eu, que sou de esquerda, odiei o que a Baby falou. Mas o que o eleitor moderado, aquele católico não praticante, o evangélico bondoso entre outros querem ouvir? Mudem o "frame"!
Criticar o perdão é manter o "frame" do cristianismo e ser o vilão da história. É pregar para a militância de esquerda, já bastante engajada, pregar para convertido. Essa estratégia não deu certo em 2018 e não vai dar certo para 2026. Querem perder? Continuem assim.
A Baby pediu para vítimas perdoarem seus agressores/abusadores. A palavra é "perdão", uma atitude cristã e nobre. Esquerda do meu Brasil, na boa, fala sério: se você critica isso, quem você acha que os eleitores moderados cristãos vão escolher na próxima eleição? [Continua...]
March 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Criticar o perdão é manter o "frame" do cristianismo e ser o vilão da história. É pregar para a militância de esquerda, já bastante engajada, pregar para convertido. Essa estratégia não deu certo em 2018 e não vai dar certo para 2026. Querem perder? Continuem assim.
A Baby pediu para vítimas perdoarem seus agressores/abusadores. A palavra é "perdão", uma atitude cristã e nobre. Esquerda do meu Brasil, na boa, fala sério: se você critica isso, quem você acha que os eleitores moderados cristãos vão escolher na próxima eleição? [Continua...]
March 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A Baby pediu para vítimas perdoarem seus agressores/abusadores. A palavra é "perdão", uma atitude cristã e nobre. Esquerda do meu Brasil, na boa, fala sério: se você critica isso, quem você acha que os eleitores moderados cristãos vão escolher na próxima eleição? [Continua...]
The living organism metaphor:
DE: “Korruption und Bürokratie blühen und gedeihen. (Ulrich Oehme, AfD, Plenarprotokolle, 12/09/2018).”
PT-BR: “Desperdiçou-se o dinheiro público só para alimentar a corrupção em todo o País. (Delegado Edson Moreira, PR, Diário da Câmara dos Deputados, 15/03/2018).”
DE: “Korruption und Bürokratie blühen und gedeihen. (Ulrich Oehme, AfD, Plenarprotokolle, 12/09/2018).”
PT-BR: “Desperdiçou-se o dinheiro público só para alimentar a corrupção em todo o País. (Delegado Edson Moreira, PR, Diário da Câmara dos Deputados, 15/03/2018).”
Here are two examples of the enemy metaphor:
DE: “Wir brauchen bessere Korruptionsbekämpfung. (Volkmar Klein, CDU/CSU, Plenarprotokolle, 04/07/2018).”
PT-BR: “O combate à corrupção só acontece com uma Justiça forte. (Renato Molling, PP, Diário da Câmara dos Deputados, 03/05/2018).”
DE: “Wir brauchen bessere Korruptionsbekämpfung. (Volkmar Klein, CDU/CSU, Plenarprotokolle, 04/07/2018).”
PT-BR: “O combate à corrupção só acontece com uma Justiça forte. (Renato Molling, PP, Diário da Câmara dos Deputados, 03/05/2018).”
Let’s begin with the corruption. I found out that, in Brazil, 86% contain political polarization while, in Germany, it’s 21%. Each language presented seven conceptual metaphors, two of which coincide: CORRUPTION IS ENEMY and CORRUPTION IS A LIVING ORGANISM.
February 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The living organism metaphor:
DE: “Korruption und Bürokratie blühen und gedeihen. (Ulrich Oehme, AfD, Plenarprotokolle, 12/09/2018).”
PT-BR: “Desperdiçou-se o dinheiro público só para alimentar a corrupção em todo o País. (Delegado Edson Moreira, PR, Diário da Câmara dos Deputados, 15/03/2018).”
DE: “Korruption und Bürokratie blühen und gedeihen. (Ulrich Oehme, AfD, Plenarprotokolle, 12/09/2018).”
PT-BR: “Desperdiçou-se o dinheiro público só para alimentar a corrupção em todo o País. (Delegado Edson Moreira, PR, Diário da Câmara dos Deputados, 15/03/2018).”
Here are two examples of the enemy metaphor:
DE: “Wir brauchen bessere Korruptionsbekämpfung. (Volkmar Klein, CDU/CSU, Plenarprotokolle, 04/07/2018).”
PT-BR: “O combate à corrupção só acontece com uma Justiça forte. (Renato Molling, PP, Diário da Câmara dos Deputados, 03/05/2018).”
DE: “Wir brauchen bessere Korruptionsbekämpfung. (Volkmar Klein, CDU/CSU, Plenarprotokolle, 04/07/2018).”
PT-BR: “O combate à corrupção só acontece com uma Justiça forte. (Renato Molling, PP, Diário da Câmara dos Deputados, 03/05/2018).”
Let’s begin with the corruption. I found out that, in Brazil, 86% contain political polarization while, in Germany, it’s 21%. Each language presented seven conceptual metaphors, two of which coincide: CORRUPTION IS ENEMY and CORRUPTION IS A LIVING ORGANISM.
The search terms were: “Migrant”, “Flüchtling” and “Korruption” in German and “imigrante”, “migrante”, “refugiado” e “corrupção” in Portuguese. Were there any metaphors associated with these words? Were they really related to political polarization? Dangerous for democracy?
February 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Here are two examples of the enemy metaphor:
DE: “Wir brauchen bessere Korruptionsbekämpfung. (Volkmar Klein, CDU/CSU, Plenarprotokolle, 04/07/2018).”
PT-BR: “O combate à corrupção só acontece com uma Justiça forte. (Renato Molling, PP, Diário da Câmara dos Deputados, 03/05/2018).”
DE: “Wir brauchen bessere Korruptionsbekämpfung. (Volkmar Klein, CDU/CSU, Plenarprotokolle, 04/07/2018).”
PT-BR: “O combate à corrupção só acontece com uma Justiça forte. (Renato Molling, PP, Diário da Câmara dos Deputados, 03/05/2018).”
Let’s begin with the corruption. I found out that, in Brazil, 86% contain political polarization while, in Germany, it’s 21%. Each language presented seven conceptual metaphors, two of which coincide: CORRUPTION IS ENEMY and CORRUPTION IS A LIVING ORGANISM.
The search terms were: “Migrant”, “Flüchtling” and “Korruption” in German and “imigrante”, “migrante”, “refugiado” e “corrupção” in Portuguese. Were there any metaphors associated with these words? Were they really related to political polarization? Dangerous for democracy?
The discourses were uttered in 2018, the first year of the AfD in the German parliament and the year of the election of the former Brazilian president Bolsonaro. It was a year of polarization with important victories for the far right.
February 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Let’s begin with the corruption. I found out that, in Brazil, 86% contain political polarization while, in Germany, it’s 21%. Each language presented seven conceptual metaphors, two of which coincide: CORRUPTION IS ENEMY and CORRUPTION IS A LIVING ORGANISM.
The search terms were: “Migrant”, “Flüchtling” and “Korruption” in German and “imigrante”, “migrante”, “refugiado” e “corrupção” in Portuguese. Were there any metaphors associated with these words? Were they really related to political polarization? Dangerous for democracy?
The discourses were uttered in 2018, the first year of the AfD in the German parliament and the year of the election of the former Brazilian president Bolsonaro. It was a year of polarization with important victories for the far right.
The research methodology is derived from Berber-Sardinha (2007) among others. First, I downloaded transcripts from both the Bundestag (Germany) and the Câmara dos Deputados (Brazil) and changed the format from pdf to txt. The txt files could be examined with AntConc, a free software.
February 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The search terms were: “Migrant”, “Flüchtling” and “Korruption” in German and “imigrante”, “migrante”, “refugiado” e “corrupção” in Portuguese. Were there any metaphors associated with these words? Were they really related to political polarization? Dangerous for democracy?
The discourses were uttered in 2018, the first year of the AfD in the German parliament and the year of the election of the former Brazilian president Bolsonaro. It was a year of polarization with important victories for the far right.
The research methodology is derived from Berber-Sardinha (2007) among others. First, I downloaded transcripts from both the Bundestag (Germany) and the Câmara dos Deputados (Brazil) and changed the format from pdf to txt. The txt files could be examined with AntConc, a free software.
Regarding issue polarization, the issue of immigration in Germany and corruption in Brazil can lead both to affective and partisan polarization. So I decide to compare metaphors in discourses about these main topics to see if there are any differences between parties and countries.
February 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The discourses were uttered in 2018, the first year of the AfD in the German parliament and the year of the election of the former Brazilian president Bolsonaro. It was a year of polarization with important victories for the far right.
The research methodology is derived from Berber-Sardinha (2007) among others. First, I downloaded transcripts from both the Bundestag (Germany) and the Câmara dos Deputados (Brazil) and changed the format from pdf to txt. The txt files could be examined with AntConc, a free software.
Regarding issue polarization, the issue of immigration in Germany and corruption in Brazil can lead both to affective and partisan polarization. So I decide to compare metaphors in discourses about these main topics to see if there are any differences between parties and countries.
Political polarization can be divided into issue polarization (strongly agreeing or disagreeing on a topic), affective polarization (the division between ingroup and outgroup), and partisan polarization, which is also used as a synonym for political polarization.
February 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The research methodology is derived from Berber-Sardinha (2007) among others. First, I downloaded transcripts from both the Bundestag (Germany) and the Câmara dos Deputados (Brazil) and changed the format from pdf to txt. The txt files could be examined with AntConc, a free software.
Regarding issue polarization, the issue of immigration in Germany and corruption in Brazil can lead both to affective and partisan polarization. So I decide to compare metaphors in discourses about these main topics to see if there are any differences between parties and countries.
Political polarization can be divided into issue polarization (strongly agreeing or disagreeing on a topic), affective polarization (the division between ingroup and outgroup), and partisan polarization, which is also used as a synonym for political polarization.
When it comes to polarization between humanity versus dehumanization, freedom of speech versus "freedom to be racist", etc., we have a kind of political polarization that can undermine democracy. And this is what is happening today with the rise of the far right. I may call this “bad” polarization.
February 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Regarding issue polarization, the issue of immigration in Germany and corruption in Brazil can lead both to affective and partisan polarization. So I decide to compare metaphors in discourses about these main topics to see if there are any differences between parties and countries.
Political polarization can be divided into issue polarization (strongly agreeing or disagreeing on a topic), affective polarization (the division between ingroup and outgroup), and partisan polarization, which is also used as a synonym for political polarization.
When it comes to polarization between humanity versus dehumanization, freedom of speech versus "freedom to be racist", etc., we have a kind of political polarization that can undermine democracy. And this is what is happening today with the rise of the far right. I may call this “bad” polarization.
First of all, I have to clarify what I am calling “political polarization”. It is essential for the democracy in the sense that people are different and have different interests. The 100% consensus is only possible in an authoritarian regime. This means that there is a “good” polarization.
February 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Political polarization can be divided into issue polarization (strongly agreeing or disagreeing on a topic), affective polarization (the division between ingroup and outgroup), and partisan polarization, which is also used as a synonym for political polarization.
When it comes to polarization between humanity versus dehumanization, freedom of speech versus "freedom to be racist", etc., we have a kind of political polarization that can undermine democracy. And this is what is happening today with the rise of the far right. I may call this “bad” polarization.
First of all, I have to clarify what I am calling “political polarization”. It is essential for the democracy in the sense that people are different and have different interests. The 100% consensus is only possible in an authoritarian regime. This means that there is a “good” polarization.
One can previously imagine that the conceptual metaphor of the ENEMY plays a relevant role in ingroup and outgroup differentiation. Yes, it does, indeed. But there are other characteristics I would like to address in a series of posts that I am making here on Blue Sky.
February 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
When it comes to polarization between humanity versus dehumanization, freedom of speech versus "freedom to be racist", etc., we have a kind of political polarization that can undermine democracy. And this is what is happening today with the rise of the far right. I may call this “bad” polarization.
First of all, I have to clarify what I am calling “political polarization”. It is essential for the democracy in the sense that people are different and have different interests. The 100% consensus is only possible in an authoritarian regime. This means that there is a “good” polarization.
One can previously imagine that the conceptual metaphor of the ENEMY plays a relevant role in ingroup and outgroup differentiation. Yes, it does, indeed. But there are other characteristics I would like to address in a series of posts that I am making here on Blue Sky.
I researched parliamentarian discourses from Germany and Brazil in order to find out if there are any common characteristics concerning metaphor that reveal that discourse is politically polarized.
February 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
First of all, I have to clarify what I am calling “political polarization”. It is essential for the democracy in the sense that people are different and have different interests. The 100% consensus is only possible in an authoritarian regime. This means that there is a “good” polarization.
One can previously imagine that the conceptual metaphor of the ENEMY plays a relevant role in ingroup and outgroup differentiation. Yes, it does, indeed. But there are other characteristics I would like to address in a series of posts that I am making here on Blue Sky.
I researched parliamentarian discourses from Germany and Brazil in order to find out if there are any common characteristics concerning metaphor that reveal that discourse is politically polarized.
February 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
One can previously imagine that the conceptual metaphor of the ENEMY plays a relevant role in ingroup and outgroup differentiation. Yes, it does, indeed. But there are other characteristics I would like to address in a series of posts that I am making here on Blue Sky.
I researched parliamentarian discourses from Germany and Brazil in order to find out if there are any common characteristics concerning metaphor that reveal that discourse is politically polarized.
February 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I researched parliamentarian discourses from Germany and Brazil in order to find out if there are any common characteristics concerning metaphor that reveal that discourse is politically polarized.
In short, this kind of image is useless and should be avoided by people concerned with the human right to immigration. 🙃
The second interpretation is the opposite of the first. People may infer that immigration is a bad thing. And through this message, it will be reinforced in those people's brains. 😱
Interpretation 2: From the point of view of the "strict father model", people are inherently bad. The native in the picture suffered from the "immigration" of the colonizer. One might think: "Should people living in the USA now suffer from "immigration" again?
February 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
In short, this kind of image is useless and should be avoided by people concerned with the human right to immigration. 🙃
The second interpretation is the opposite of the first. People may infer that immigration is a bad thing. And through this message, it will be reinforced in those people's brains. 😱
Interpretation 2: From the point of view of the "strict father model", people are inherently bad. The native in the picture suffered from the "immigration" of the colonizer. One might think: "Should people living in the USA now suffer from "immigration" again?
I interpret this from the point of view of the “nurturant parent model” (Lakoff) and it is obvious to me that the immigrant and the native are comparable because they should be taken care of by the people who are in power. But under the “strict father model” the interpretation might be different.
February 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The second interpretation is the opposite of the first. People may infer that immigration is a bad thing. And through this message, it will be reinforced in those people's brains. 😱
Interpretation 2: From the point of view of the "strict father model", people are inherently bad. The native in the picture suffered from the "immigration" of the colonizer. One might think: "Should people living in the USA now suffer from "immigration" again?
I interpret this from the point of view of the “nurturant parent model” (Lakoff) and it is obvious to me that the immigrant and the native are comparable because they should be taken care of by the people who are in power. But under the “strict father model” the interpretation might be different.
Recently I saw this publication: "Illegal immigrants bring us crimes, drugs and violence". "I know". I wrote an article about it on my LinkedIn profile and I could write something here. But first I would like to know what you think about this.
February 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Interpretation 2: From the point of view of the "strict father model", people are inherently bad. The native in the picture suffered from the "immigration" of the colonizer. One might think: "Should people living in the USA now suffer from "immigration" again?
I interpret this from the point of view of the “nurturant parent model” (Lakoff) and it is obvious to me that the immigrant and the native are comparable because they should be taken care of by the people who are in power. But under the “strict father model” the interpretation might be different.
Recently I saw this publication: "Illegal immigrants bring us crimes, drugs and violence". "I know". I wrote an article about it on my LinkedIn profile and I could write something here. But first I would like to know what you think about this.
February 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I interpret this from the point of view of the “nurturant parent model” (Lakoff) and it is obvious to me that the immigrant and the native are comparable because they should be taken care of by the people who are in power. But under the “strict father model” the interpretation might be different.
Recently I saw this publication: "Illegal immigrants bring us crimes, drugs and violence". "I know". I wrote an article about it on my LinkedIn profile and I could write something here. But first I would like to know what you think about this.
January 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Recently I saw this publication: "Illegal immigrants bring us crimes, drugs and violence". "I know". I wrote an article about it on my LinkedIn profile and I could write something here. But first I would like to know what you think about this.
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