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Post by jdredd on Feb 11, 2022 1:42:30 GMT -5
Gosh, the right is having so much fun with their Spring Cultural Offensive, with the elevation of the Canadian truckers to superhero status. Who doesn’t love Good ol’ Boys, even Canadian ones? Nationalist culture is so seductive, who doesn’t want to jump on the bandwagon? Nationalism has a very long history as a cultural phenomena.
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Post by jdredd on Feb 20, 2022 21:37:00 GMT -5
So David Brooks has chimed in on the Culture War, and whereas I called it Woke vs Deplorables, he calls in Virtuals vs Practicles. You might also call it Rurals vs. Urbans. Or you could mix and match, as in woke vs. rurals. Anyway, I think he’s saying it’s people in the information economy vs those in the physical labor economy. Perhaps, but I wonder what each side “wins” if they “win”. I guess for one thing, if the “Practicals” win its full speed ahead on oil drilling, climate change be damned. And closing our borders. Mandates? They are fading away anyway. I suspect the right might miss them as a way to rally their side. I’m going to worry about something important, like war.
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Post by jdredd on Apr 23, 2022 10:53:16 GMT -5
I must admit how surprised I am at the right’s cultural offensive is as effective as it is. Or is it my imagination? But the Dems will take a beating in November no doubt. How much is that anti-wokeness and how much is that just inflation?
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Post by jdredd on Apr 26, 2022 14:38:33 GMT -5
Ha-ha! The Twitter plot thickens: while Elon is the toast of the right for buying Twitter, Bezos is suggesting that the beneficiary may be China. Will China lift it’s Twitter ban? Personally, I have no beef with wacko bird Elon, I hope he hasn’t just thrown his money away.
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Post by jdredd on Jun 24, 2022 23:39:25 GMT -5
So the Supreme Court has managed to turn the clock back on women’s rights. But that’s what conservatism is all about, isn’t it?
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Post by jdredd on Jul 5, 2022 1:15:22 GMT -5
So Millennial Matt Waish has taken his money-making documentary all the way to Fascist Sky News. What is a woman? I’m sure he has an answer of sorts, not that I would put any confidence in it. Personally, I’m still trying to figure out what a human is.
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Post by jdredd on Jul 16, 2022 19:57:17 GMT -5
What is a woman? It’s that gender that has been raped, murdered, enslaved, oppressed by the other gender.
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Post by jdredd on Aug 23, 2022 0:33:30 GMT -5
While the culture is no longer stagnant, it’s going through some insanely ludicrous changes. What is woke and what is not? Woke is the kiss of death for a lot of people. And there is CRT and cancel culture, all played out on bizarre parts of the interwebs like Twitter, instagram or Tik Tok, things I am avoiding to keep my sanity even if it makes me irrelevant. Not that I haven’t always been irrelevant. Once again, I feel sorry for young people.
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Post by jdredd on Sept 7, 2022 8:47:13 GMT -5
So FX is running all 500+ Simpsons episodes non-stop. How long has Simpsons been on? 25 years? No, 34 Seasons. But the culture is not stagnant.😉 Maybe when the Boomers drop dead the culture will get fresher.
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Post by jdredd on Nov 23, 2022 0:03:54 GMT -5
So Tucker jumped into the Culture War today with one of the right’s favorite anti-left accusations: Pedophilia. Is it true? Doesn’t matter, some people want to believe it. But really, is that the best weapon they have to fight the culture war? Seems like a long shot to me.
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Post by jdredd on Dec 15, 2022 16:24:02 GMT -5
An article in the NYT today details how conservative groups are fighting for cultural stagnation by banning books in school libraries about subjects they don’t like such as sex or race. In that case they should ban all history books.
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Post by jdredd on Jan 15, 2023 14:20:22 GMT -5
Ok, this is hilarious: governors from guns ‘n Jesus states trying to ban Tik Tok from public college campuses. Not that I care since I am over 30, but it does make me think this is another nail in the coffin of a right having trouble attracting younger voters.
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Post by jdredd on Jan 15, 2023 14:20:33 GMT -5
Ok, this is hilarious: governors from guns ‘n Jesus states trying to ban Tik Tok from public college campuses. Not that I care since I am over 30, but it does make me think this is another nail in the coffin of a right having trouble attracting younger voters.
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Post by jdredd on Jan 15, 2023 14:20:43 GMT -5
Ok, this is hilarious: governors from guns ‘n Jesus states trying to ban Tik Tok from public college campuses. Not that I care since I am over 30, but it does make me think this is another nail in the coffin of a right having trouble attracting younger voters.
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Post by jdredd on Jan 15, 2023 14:22:07 GMT -5
Ok, this is hilarious: governors from guns ‘n Jesus states trying to ban Tik Tok from public college campuses. Not that I care since I am over 30, but it does make me think this is another nail in the coffin of a right having trouble attracting younger voters.
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