POLITICAL TRANSLATION GUIDE: LESSON 1
Don’t be fooled by faux faith and intolerant patriotism. Here’s what “traditional values” really means.
traditional values ….
– banning books
– denying civil rights to LGBTQ citizens
– subverting women’s reproductive freedom and privacy
– suppressing the right to vote (especially minorities)
– flooding the country with deadly assault weapons
– bowing to foreign dictators
– denying climate change
– ridiculing science
– mocking intellectuals and education
– subverting the free media and spreading distortion
– defending insurrectionists and traitors
– embracing unfounded conspiracy theories
– imposing religious litmus tests
– demonizing immigrants
– crushing worker unions
– gutting regulations for safety and sanitation
– letting corporations run wild
– letting the uninsured die in the street
Instead, let’s fight for a new vision of “traditional values” — including equal opportunity, citizen and consumer empowerment, widespread tolerance, intellectual curiosity, and justice for all.