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Subject:	Re: Holy crap! (was Re: The partisian trap in California)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:37:53 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:

I would suggest that the common (in the US) notion of the “traditional family” hardly ever existed at all except on TV and in the blurry nostalgia of the people.

And I agree that we’d all be a lot better off if that insidious fiction were abandoned.

Clarification on what you mean exactly by the term “traditional family” would be appreciated, Dave!

JOHN

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		Re: Holy crap! (was Re: The partisian trap in California)
(...) Fair enough. How about this: The idea of a happy, non-dysfunctional, financially secure, single-income, white, Christian family with at least one son and one daughter, and often with a grandparent in residence. If you look at almost any (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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		Re: Holy crap! (was Re: The partisian trap in California)
(...) I would suggest that the common (in the US) notion of the "traditional family" hardly ever existed at all except on TV and in the blurry nostalgia of the people. And I agree that we'd all be a lot better off if that insidious fiction were (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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