"I often wish that conservatives and liberals could come together to reform DEI efforts. Keep the core but trim the excess."
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"I often wish that conservatives and liberals could come together to reform DEI efforts. Keep the core but trim the excess."
Defamation and social media lie at the heart of one of the trickiest issues in the current "culture war." Please see my thoughts in my weekly essay on my personal blog (published a day earlier than usual). https://sharpenyouraxe.substack.com/p/defamation-and-social-media #CultureWar
THIS is what I alluded to a few weeks ago. A 'broader church', in this instance, means 'people who are not exactly like you, but you share core values'.
#Dave Neal is an American podcaster & #StandUpComic who covers a lot of #Hollywood stuff & covers real news stories too
Here's an example :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edKNma0_dwU
5.38 min mark: doctor retaliated against for exposing #UnitedHealthcare
12.33 min mark : #GOP's #culturewar b.s.
14.35 min mark #USAID, food going to waste , #Congressmember #GregCésar of #TX exposes #DOGE , #CFPB, #NaziBarbieLeavitt press conference, #authoritarianism, #fascism, #media, etc.
The point: #ClassUnity #ClassSolidarity but also unity amongst people of different ages, lifestyles, countries, etc who share the same values.
Part 1 of a series—things I've said here that seem worth repeating on their anniversaries, such as the following words from exactly one year ago.
"Our current political strife is essentially a #CultureWar. Not a policy war; its worst fights aren't really about policy preferences. So, comprehension of issues (or lack thereof) isn't necessarily what fuels the conflict.
"Rather, it is motivated by scorn for separate groups of people, where their separateness is mostly recognized by their unfamiliar values. Cultural values, mainly.
"And from the alt-right's viewpoint, curiosity is among the most unfamiliar of cultural values; thus curiosity is a marker of Them, not Us.
"Therefore, while leftists and centrists have much hope of overcoming ... biases ... by embracing curiosity, folks on the Right often don't have nearly as much.
"Cultures of progressivism and centrism normally celebrate curiosity, science, the life of the mind, etc. Hence, their culture warriors need not switch sides to begin questioning stuff better. They have it relatively easy.
"Whereas alt-right culture warriors lack such an advantage. Their incentive to embrace curiosity is negative, typically. They face constant pressure to dismiss its benefits since valuing them would be a cultural betrayal.
"In the middle of a war."
https://mindly.social/@setsly/111869898245471105
A quick survey of the authoritarian voices supporting the new mussolini:
#uspol, #rightwingheavies, #authoritarians, #culturewar
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-journey-through-the-authoritarian-new-right
EEOC won't advocate for trans and nonbinary people, in keeping with Trump's 'two sexes' order
https://www.advocate.com/news/eeoc-removes-transgender-nonbinary #EEOC #Trump #Republicans #GOPHate #HateMongering #Discrimination #CultureWar #Bigots #LGBTQ
Fantastic #AngryPlanet [PODCAST] conversation and perspectives: “Pete Hegseth and the Surreal World of the Civ-Mil Divide With Phil Klay”
https://pca.st/episode/6ba77356-d6e6-4e1c-b6e9-81ca83a17f67
[thread 3/x] Transphobia
[thread 2/x] https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113448330077621809
[parent 1/x] https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113126756218775408
#GOP #Trump2 #fascism #Project2025
#ChristianRight #Catholicism #OpusDei #ParentalRightsMovement #populism #CultureWar
#DivisiveRhetoric #SocialMedia #memes #polarization #WedgeTactics #WedgeStrategy
#Christofascism #transgenocide
#WeaponizationOfLanguate #transgenderism
#FamilyResearchCouncil #FRC #HeritageFoundation #LibsOfTikTok #MomsForLiberty #AcPEDs
#WomensRights #misogyny #SelfDetermination
Wondering if the impending insanity in the US will finally discredit the culture war nonsense in the rest of the world, at the cost of much pain, or merely embolden it.
Thinking of all of Trump's future victims today.
Fearing that #Starmer and #Streeting will continue to crawl in his wake, but hoping that they or #Labour will finally wake up.
Clutching at straws, I know.
Little #BrexitBritain: Badenoch ‘hails from the House of #Brexit, the natural successor to Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak in a tradition defined by incoherent bombast, culture war performance, policy as gimmick, intellectual vacuity clad in libertarian verbiage.’
#CultureWar #Brexit #BrexitBritain #BrexitBrokeBritain #BrexitLies #UK #Politics #UKPolitics
#UKPol #EU #RejoinEU #NorthHerts #Hitchin #Letchworth #Baldock #Royston
Why alliance of Hollywood, Democratic Party lost culture war https://www.byteseu.com/665863/ #alliance #ally #AlternateReality #celebrity #change #CultureWar #DemocraticParty #diane #Entertainment #EntertainmentIndustry #HillaryClinton #Hollywood #moment #netflix #obamas #TheGoodFight
@Snoro anyone actually thought that the 'aviation industry' ever thought to reduce CO2 emissions? It should be clear that without government regulations nothing will change and we will have disasters of epic and unprecedented proportions. Government is the only force greater than billionaires' money, industries, and capitalism... That's why #EvilElon and his ilk are so keen to control it. Thankfully the #AmericanVoters are busy fighting imaginary crises and their woke #CultureWar. All invented to split #UsThePeople and wage and win their #ClassWar as you got to direct the people's anger towards something. Wouldn't be surprised if we saw burning of women as witches, who supposedly control the weather as hurricanes wipe out Florida and droughts and floods decimate our food supplies... Every year we don't #BanFossilFuels we are getting closer to societal collapse - all for making insanely rich people ever richer. Just like out of Monty Python - idiotic! #WTFUSA
"...it was far from the first time Trump, the Republican Party and a wide-range of conservative activists leveraged fears related to schooling for partisan gain. Over the last three years, there has been a coordinated and intentional political strategy targeting public schools."
It's legislative neglect, using our children as pawns in their game to impose their "moral" beliefs on the rest of the nation and to turn our country's education system into for-profit institutions.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-fights-over-culturally-divisive-110052731.html
I'm beginning to think he's Josh Hawley's younger brother. Desperately seeking the masculinity that terminally alludes him. Like so many fake alphas in our mixed up culture. Somewhat pathetic. #CultureWar #Meta #Media
"'We are not seeing inappropriate use of this sort of care,' said the paper’s lead author, Landon Hughes, the AP reported. 'And it’s certainly not happening at the rate at which people often think it is.'"
Few adolescents receive gender-affirming care: Research
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5069559-adolescents-gender-affirming-care-study/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
The #Good, The #Bad, The #Ugly: What #Trans #Folks Can Look Forward To In 2025 in #Australia
While efforts to spark a #culturewar over #trans #issues have largely #fizzled in a #costofliving and #climate #crisis, #antitrans #Extremists remain #determined to push their #agenda.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Australia #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups