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Christopher Lasch

When liberals finally grasped the strength of popular feeling about the family, they cried to appropriate the rhetoric and symbolism of family values for their own purposes.

Christopher Lasch

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Liberals realized that many people deeply care about family-related ideas, so they began using the language and symbols connected to family values to support their political goals. This means they adopted the way people talk about family to make their own arguments more appealing and effective.

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