George W. Will: Who Isn't A 'Values Voter'?
George W. Will, in the Washington Post, says "values voter" isn't synonymous with "conservative".An aggressively annoying new phrase in America's political lexicon is "values voters." It is used proudly by social conservatives, and carelessly by the media to denote such conservatives.A tip of the hat to The Revealer.This phrase diminishes our understanding of politics. It also is arrogant on the part of social conservatives and insulting to everyone else because it implies that only social conservatives vote to advance their values and everyone else votes to . . . well, it is unclear what they supposedly think they are doing with their ballots. ...
posted by Paul Wilczynski @ 8:20 AM
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