Social conservatives (ie usually members of the Christian Right) are always talking about "values" this and "values that". In politics, they are referred to as "values voters".
The specific "values" that they usually care about seem to be things like: stopping abortion, stopping gays from marrying and expressing their gayness, keeping religion in the schools and the public eye, supporting our troops, staying the course in the war with iraq, and promoting jesus and god.
Now I'm not here to argue with those values. I agree that those are values, for the people who believe in them, and they are free to hold whatever values dear they choose.
But what I want to argue is that EVERY human being has VALUES. Liberals and non-conservatives have values too. They may include: protecting human rights, protecting the environment, universal health care, promoting education, fighting social injustice, and peace. These are VALUEs too.
So why dont Democrats show the voters that they have values too
2006-08-12
16:21:36
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