By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-06 00:17:20 | Updated at 2024-12-26 03:19:52
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Why ‘Judeo-Christian values’ are a dog-whistle myth peddled by the far right
The Conversation ^ | 11/7/17 | The Conversation
Posted on 12/05/2024 4:12:56 PM PST by DallasBiff
The phrase “Judeo-Christian” has been around since the 1930s but US President Donald Trump recently resurrected it in a deeply problematic speech on October 13, 2017 in which he said: “We are stopping cold the attacks on Judeo-Christian values … We’re saying ‘Merry Christmas’ again.”
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. Despite implying that Jews are part of this resurrection of Judeo-Christian values, Trump in no way intends a campaign to Make Hanukkah Great Again. His “Judeo-Christian values” are about protecting Christmas, and about protecting Christians – at the exclusion of others.
Christian-majority nations such as the UK and US often lay claim to laws and ethics based on “Judeo-Christian values”. But it is important to remember that Jews have been systematically excluded from and terrorised by states that claim this Judeo-Christian foundation.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Religion
KEYWORDS: judeochristian
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I know an article from 7 years ago, but who are the biggest supporters of hamas who kill jews and take them hostage.
It's the modern radical left.
1 posted on 12/05/2024 4:12:56 PM PST by DallasBiff
To: DallasBiff
Leftist Jewish support for Democrats is like chickens supporting KFC.
To: DallasBiff
To: wildcard_redneck
Or flies supporting spiders.
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