tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12540914.post5511881376832943063..comments2023-04-08T05:20:52.887-04:00Comments on ELgiN StreEt iRReguLars: The principal principle principlecoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13849975141730668288noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12540914.post-4508224495589960032010-11-19T09:59:37.905-05:002010-11-19T09:59:37.905-05:00I think so. I have the nagging feeling that some k...I think so. I have the nagging feeling that some kinda circular (il)logic ties into it, too. But I can't quite put my paw on it. Darned doggy ADD, <i>any</i>way...coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13849975141730668288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12540914.post-31877357537798355132010-11-19T09:37:39.983-05:002010-11-19T09:37:39.983-05:00It's like the Republicans staking their claim ...It's like the Republicans staking their claim on 'family values.' Since they were <i>for</i> family values, the Democrats, by default, must be <i>against</i> them. The Democrats couldn't touch <i>family values</i> without looking like they were attacking the very fabric of American society. And it was so easy for the average American joe to say yeah, family values is something I can get behind, so I must be Republican. He probably never even thought about what 'family values' means, or how it can mean different things to different people, or how the Republican version of family values excluded gay families, single-parent families, low-income families, and all families that were in some way non-traditional. He was a good family man, therefore he believed in family values, therefore he was voting Republican.<br /><br />Same principle, right?zoomhttp://www.knitnut.netnoreply@blogger.com