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EnergizedLib

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5. Then that needs to change

Reply to usonian (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 17, 2023, 06:55 PM

Feb 2023

My original post was meant to be anti-culture war, not that I am indifferent to them.

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Seriously, who cares? [View all] EnergizedLib Feb 2023 OP

profoundly disagree with this apparently ultra-privileged, utterly dismissive take: Celerity Feb 2023 #1

What do you find wrong about it? EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #2

As a mixed race black lesbian, I look at the increasingly unhinged RW in America and see a mortal Celerity Feb 2023 #4

And I'm so sorry you have to go through that EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #7

Culture wars are utter bullshit, except when they spur people to violent acts. usonian Feb 2023 #3

Then that needs to change EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #5

Of course it needs to change. How do you suggest that be done? Ocelot II Feb 2023 #10

As far as I'm concerned EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #13

Agree. But "hearts and minds" are hard to change. usonian Feb 2023 #11

Who cares? The side's that weaponizing it. Now what? WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2023 #6

But why? EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #8

Fear of the "other," racism, sexism, right-wing media influences, Ocelot II Feb 2023 #15

It's pretty clear they're hung up on it because they're racist bigots. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2023 #16

Also it sells ad space to other racist bigots. meadowlander Feb 2023 #22

The culture wars *have* become a threat because the right wing has weaponized them. Ocelot II Feb 2023 #9

I'm not saying culture wars are a non-issue EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #12

Historically oppressed groups trying to achieve true equality, is a BIG threat. Caliman73 Feb 2023 #14

I'll tell you what is a farce EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #17

How many do you know? old as dirt Feb 2023 #18

We will never fulfill the ideas in our foundational documents until we accept facts. Caliman73 Feb 2023 #20

Might depend on who you are. old as dirt Feb 2023 #19

What I mean is EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #28

You can refer haters to Erykah Badu. SYFROYH Feb 2023 #21

One of the central cultural tragedies in the US is peoples' inability to mind their own business. meadowlander Feb 2023 #23

Finally some who gets it EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #27

Culture warring is a national bonfire grown and weaponized to overthrow democracy. Hortensis Feb 2023 #24

This feels very dismissive - Ms. Toad Feb 2023 #25

I might have worded this wrong EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #26

Most groomers are heterosexual men. Ms. Toad Feb 2023 #30

You might have a point EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #31

I'm betting you don't feel the need to make that point in conversations Ms. Toad Feb 2023 #32

There was nothing with her shirt EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #33

I'm not woke... brooklynite Feb 2023 #29

Woke has become a buzzword for what they hate and fear EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #34