My Problem With Religious People

It’s always father issues

Daniel Lee
ILLUMINATION-Curated
5 min readMay 21, 2022

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Berkeley professor George Lakoff explains the right and left polarities of the society as a polarized father image. Conservatives have the strict father, who has all the power. He tells you what to do and you’d best do it. The father in this model is at the center of the interaction and the role of others is obedience to his rules.

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Daniel Lee
ILLUMINATION-Curated

I have worked as an editor and magazine journalist. My main interests were psychology and humor.