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    Post by Chris Sun Aug 05, 2012 9:25 am

    What's your opinion of the term ‘Family Values?’ Do you think that the more stringent and conservative outlook of it has turned into into a negative connotation?
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    Post by Shale Sun Aug 05, 2012 9:33 am

    Of course the conservatives throw that overused and meaningless term around for their hypothetical version of some lily-white, suburban, GOD FEARING, scrubbed & deodorized, patriotic consumer, when in reality they are likely sneaking around on the down-low doing all the stuff that I do openly.

    It is just a ploy, another version of US & THEM.
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    Post by Alan Smithee Sun Aug 05, 2012 9:55 am

    It's a political buzzword that I'm very suspicious of.
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    Post by Suzi Sun Aug 05, 2012 10:47 am

    Alan Smithee wrote:It's a political buzzword that I'm very suspicious of.
    I agree, it also smacks of a holier than thou mentality, that indicates that the user think s/he is better than others.


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    Post by Forgiveness Man Sun Aug 05, 2012 11:22 am

    I think that the wonky, liberal rebels are the only ones trying to turn it into negative connotation. I think it's as good a term as any other. It's not more meaningless than "being progressive" or "going forward." lol


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    Post by Nystyle709 Sun Aug 05, 2012 1:01 pm

    Alan Smithee wrote:It's a political buzzword that I'm very suspicious of.

    For the most part. But I recognized that 'family values' isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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    Post by Supernova Sun Aug 05, 2012 2:27 pm

    This is my view pretty much:


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    Post by CeCe Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:23 pm

    Shale wrote:Of course the conservatives throw that overused and meaningless term around for their hypothetical version of some lily-white, suburban, GOD FEARING, scrubbed & deodorized, patriotic consumer, when in reality they are likely sneaking around on the down-low doing all the stuff that I do openly.

    It is just a ploy, another version of US & THEM.

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    Post by CeCe Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:26 pm

    Alan Smithee wrote:It's a political buzzword that I'm very suspicious of.
    Suzi wrote:I agree, it also smacks of a holier than though mentality, that indicates that the user think s/he is better than others.

    co-signs Much like "traditional marriage". There's a tendency among a particular group who seem to believe they & they alone have "ownership" of certain things.

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