Anyone else annoyed at the words "family values"?

[yy4me]

Every time I see those two words, I am insulted and enraged. By using those two words in their political propaganda, the do-nothings in Washington are insulting me, my family, my counrty. We were brought up to be respectful, to love and care for each other, to work hard. When I hear "family values " used as though it is a state attainable by only the "on Gods side" republicans, I want to throw something. We are all here in our little place in the universe and I'm sure almost all of us have established our own real standards, not some hollow two word phrase. During the presidential campaign, the use of this phrase, even by the democrats did not ring true. It is meaningless, ambiguous and used in the context of politics, is insulting. We are a great nation because of who we are and what we can do that is good for ourselves as individuals, families and for the world community. Please, enough of this "family values". Can we get down to real work, not just platitudes and religious propaganda?

[ck4829]

1. Why are you a traitor?

The world's just been nuked and it's because of the lack of family values!

Al Qaeda is going to beat us because you have no family values!

Aaaaaah! Get some family values right now or by the power of God, Jesus, and Bush, I will evict you from this nation!

:sarcasm:

[jedicord]

2. Yep, I'm also annoyed by the phrase "the homeland"...

Sounds really Cold War, Hitler-Germany, etc. to me.

Whatever happened to "our country", for Gawd's sake?

[LissaM]

3. I agree with you.

I wish it would stop being tossed around by the right, but what I wish isn't going to happen, unfortunately. Neither will all that neo-con Christian bullshit that they are trying to force down our throats.

I guess the politicians think it's easier to wave a flag that speaks to Bible thumping America. They'll reelect you that way.

[raccoon]

4. When you're talking to somebody who invokes "family values,"

ask him/her to define it. Betcha they can't.

And yes, that phrase, and "the homeland" annoy the dickens out of me.

"The homeland" sounds SOOOOOOOOOO Nazi Germany.

[Double T]

5. The term 'family values' is beat to death by the republican neocons.....

usually by their mouth pieces that have been divorced and remarried several times over. It is just like everything else with republicans; the phony, misleading wrapper never matches the true vile contents!!!!

[wake.up.america]

7. invading irag has nothing to do with family values, cutting social...

programs has nothing to do with family values.

This is another example of Rove and his thugs hijack the meaning of well known "catchy" phrases.

How can anyone be against family values?

How can anyone be Pro Abortion?

The list goes on.

[Deja Q]

6. The words are good. Their misuse is the problem.

As is "Christian", "moral values", and -- you get the idea.

Those who use the words are the ones whose actions prove they believe in them the LEAST. It is antichristian to support conditions that don't allow people to live comfortably or to even life (offshoring, downsizing - increasingly worse problems). As more and more people need multiple jobs, this takes away from time to spend WITH the family and as a consequence the family suffers.

Who people blindly support these charlatans is beyond me. But as they choose not to think at the details, my own compassion for them continues to drop. They're taking us down with them and not in the good way.

Ditto for moral values - oral sex is immoral yet saying you'd fire anyone caught lying in your admin then giving them a fat bonus after they're proven to be liars, starting a war based on lies, and so on IS moral?!

We live in freakin' bizarroworld.

And the truly moral and the blind believers who are moral but thick as a milkshake - are going to suffer the most.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Welcome to DU. ALL their code words piss me off

[jojo54]

9. I like to use the term "moral values" with as much sarcasm

as I can muster. That's the only way I will use it in terms of speaking about Repukes.

btw-welcome, and stay awhile.

[LoKnLoD]

10. the one i freaking hate is

"the culture of life", if i heard that one more time during terri schiavo i was going to pull out my hair and bash my head against the wall

[Vinca]

11. The term "family values" is one of my biggest pet peeves.

If they actually gave a shit about families, jobs wouldn't be going out of the country at warp speed, moms with kids wouldn't be sleeping in shelters, EVERYONE would have health care and there would be a plan to raise people out of poverty. Values, values, values. Baloney. All they care about is embryos.

[DanCa]

12. The christian right arent the right christians - al sharpton

I really get angry when they tell me when they say that you can't be a christian and pro choice. You know I consider my self a cultural neutreal and believe everyone should have equal say in everything else and that means you cant interfere in the lives of other people. What is really disenheartening is that I have a chronic neurological movement disorder and I am not allowed inside fundie churches to pray and if that werent insult enough they say am not worthy of gods love because i want a cure thru stem cell. Family Value pgah they dont know the meanning of the word.