{"id":135102,"date":"2017-10-20T07:33:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T13:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135102"},"modified":"2017-10-20T10:22:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T16:22:11","slug":"trump-right-judeo-christian-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/20\/trump-right-judeo-christian-values.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump, the Right, and “Judeo-Christian Values”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s an examination by Jim Wright of what people mean by the phrase “Judeo-Christian Values”<\/a> — touted as “under attack” by our President last week — and how extremely slippery a phrase that is to pin down to what it actually<\/em> means. Slippery, in fact, to the point of ultimately being a sloppy (but expedient) short-hand for “Our Values,” or even “My Values,” which both boil down to “What I<\/i> think is proper at the moment for you<\/i> to be doing (so you better do it).”<\/p>\n

None of this means that values<\/i> are unimportant, but the vague call-out to “Judeo-Christian Values” — the assertion that there is a singular list of values unique to all (or even most) Jews and Christians (and that one can even find agreement as to the definition of those particular sectarian labels) — is generally so unclear as to what is being referenced that use of the phrase these days is either deeply ignorant, a nickname for something else, or a disingenuous dogwhistle looking for a tribal response.<\/p>\n

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Here’s an examination by Jim Wright of what people mean by the phrase “Judeo-Christian Values” — touted as “under attack” by our President last week — and how extremely slippery a phrase that is to pin down to what it actually means. 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