Ultra-conservative lawmakers target Louisiana libraries as culture war rages on • Louisiana Illuminator - eviltoast
  • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    “culture wars” is such a nonsense and biased phrase to be using. There are no “culture wars” - there are just biggots being biggots. “war on woke” and “culture wars” and just stupid phrases used by the right wing nutters to try and legitimise there stupidity as some kind of “movement”.

    Push back for sure, but we should also be reframing the converstion - there is no “war”; this is pushing back against biggotry which is nothing new.

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      7 months ago

      I think your problem is that you think your tribe is objectively correct.

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        7 months ago

        The overwhelming majority of the country does as well, given the popular vote going back to the 1990s.

        And we do live in a democracy, don’t we? So in a democracy, if the majority of people support a thing, should the government support it or forbid it? I doubt you’ll directly answer this question.

        But I think you should spend some time to contemplate these ideas without asking someone else what your opinion should be.

        If you were to answer, I would be curious which talking point you’ll use to justify that the minority of people (Christian Conservatives) should command the majority (literally anything else).

        And bad news for you, the majority is growing, not shrinking. And the new generations are abandoning religion at an even faster rate than the current generation. Eventually (at current rates this will likely become vastly apparent by 2028/2032) not even the electoral college will be able to suppress us.

        Good luck.