Bill Dembski says that "framing" is bad. Bill Dembski says that "framing" is bad. Good lord, I feel like I've been hit over the head with a two-ton block of solid irony. Dembski says that people shouldn't try to shape messages. My mind just can't wrap around that one.
It's like Charlie Manson complaining about a drop in local property values. It's like Dick Cheney complaining about politicians being mean to each other. It's like Keith Richards doing a drug abuse prevention commercial.
Un-freaking-real.
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