{"id":30342,"date":"2012-09-25T12:43:44","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T18:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/25\/i-dont-think-that-word-means-what-paul-ryan-thinks-it-means.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T15:25:55","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T22:25:55","slug":"i-dont-think-that-word-means-what-paul-ryan-thinks-it-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/25\/i-dont-think-that-word-means-what-paul-ryan-thinks-it-means.html","title":{"rendered":"I don't think that word means what Paul Ryan\u00a0thinks it means"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sure, it's claptrap political rhetoric, but Paul Ryan calling "traditional marriage" (monogamous, one male and one female) a "universal human value" seems … odd. Given that it's not a human value<\/i> as the term is usually used, nor is it universal<\/i> across time and culture. Indeed, what 21st Century America considers "traditional marriage" to entail would probably not meet with approval from most of history (including much of American history).<\/p>\n

I'd argue that "entrepreneurship" is not nearly as universal (certainly as currently practiced in the US) as Ryan thinks, and what "family" means — while generally valued and revered by name — is hardly something one can point to as a unitary and universal value, either.<\/p>\n

But I'm sure it sounded<\/i> good to the audience.<\/p>\n

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Sure, it's claptrap political rhetoric, but Paul Ryan calling "traditional marriage" (monogamous, one male and one female) a "universal human value" seems … odd. Given that it's not a human value as the term is usually used, nor is it universal across time and culture. 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