Tess Fraad-Wolff: Emotions in politics

In this interview psychotherapist Fraad-Wolff compares the staid, boring establishment Democrats who try to be overly rational but devoid of passion with the overly passionate Twitler devoid of any discernible reason. The latter used our feelings of helplessness and rage negatively to blame and hate others. However some progressives like Bernie and AOC address those same emotions positively to elicit feelings of solidarity, compassion and love. Like Lakoff she maintains effective framing must touch us on the deeper, emotional level. We can of course use truth and facts but they must be framed in this deeper way for genuine connection and motivation.