The left dismisses talk about the collapse of family life and talks instead about the emergence of the growing new diversity of family types.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors.
If the sad truth be known, writers, being the misfits we are, probably ought not to belong to families in the first place. We simply are too self-interested, though we may excuse the flaw by calling it 'focused.'
Because it equates tradition with prejudice, the left finds itself increasingly unable to converse with ordinary people in their common language.
Families in which nothing is ever discussed usually have a lot not to discuss.
People who are different are constantly dealing with families who don't understand them.
The left ask people to believe that there is no conflict between feminism and the family.
The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.
The erosion of extended family concept and losing out on values are the two things that are primarily responsible for the growing mismatch in the parent-child relationship.
A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword for reaction.
Through the marginalization of black fathers and encouragement of destruction lifestyle choices, the progressive Left has cut off one of the lifelines to raising healthy, happy, children intent on bettering themselves and their community.