[NIFL-4EFF:2633] Re: Can EFF be squared with moderately conservative principles

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Dear George,

Squared? The difficulty with your argument is that you are making linguistic matches across a political spectrum without being specific about the behaviors the words represent. As an example, not sure how it connects to EFF, but maybe you can explain--family values.  I believe this is usually taken as a code word for a two parent male and female coupled fmaily with children. I have read a ton of NIFL listserv emails, and this is not what emerges--there is quite a variety out there of family relationships.

Are you searching for a political case to make? I'm not sure the labels will get much traction when people with purse strings look below the surface.  I wonder what others think.

By the way, I like what I know of EFF, maybe you just need to sand down your argument, get down to what the unvarnished wood looks like.

Andrea



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