tags: carnival of family life, blog carnivals
What do you think of when you hear the word "family"? Relatives, right? Well, the 3rd edition of the Carnival of Family Life covers that aspect of family, as well as including my own peculiar definition of family life! So of course, you have to go there and do some reading.
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One of the things that irritate me most in the world is how conservative authoritarians have hijacked the word "family". The ridiculous phrase "family values" - as though all families had the same values, or should - is a textbook example.
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Due to my spending an unhealthy amount of time in political debate areas, my first thought on hearing the word family is 'What are they trying to do now?' Its one of those codewords, used by on area of politics to communicate a message to their allies while diverting attention from its shadier sides.
So to me, 'family' means 'anti-gay-marriage' or 'pro-media-regulation' or 'anti-contraception' or 'pro-life' or 'anti-public-education' or 'anti-cabon-control' or any one of perhaps hundreds of other political positions - a lot of which have little if any connection to family.
Its interesting that by appropriating the word family as a political tool, those who call themselves pro-family have ruined the term for everyone by laying it with political implications.