Why ‘Judeo-Christian values’ are a dog-whistle myth peddled by the far right

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 21:52:33 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/why-judeo-christian-values-are-a-dog-whistle-myth-peddled-by-the-far-right-85922>

"It might seem neighbourly, even pluralistic, to include Judaism in a
declaration of purported Western values. But in reality this isn’t how
the term has functioned, either historically or more recently. Instead,
the phrase is used to exclude rather than include."

Via Transition21 and Irreverent Monk.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
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http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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