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It might not have been partisan along direct party lines, but it was definitely a time of culture war. Just huge amounts of conservative media attacking certain

It might not have been partisan along direct party lines, but it was definitely a time of culture war. Just huge amounts of conservative media attacking certain Hollywood celebrities for being anti-war, pundits analyzing movies and shows and other media for any sort of critique of militarism or sympathy towards Islam, "support the troops" being the rallying watchword of the day, Hollywood in turn bashing evangelical culture, the invention of blue states vs. red states, etc. I remember seeing op-eds in mainstream news commenting how we were heading towards a divided nation, how cable news networks and talk radio were creating echo chambers: http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,699790,00.html http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,699790,00.h... http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,543800,00.html http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,543800,... Reading the editorials above, it's eerie how we've never left the post-2003 era. The technology has advanced, but the polarization remains the same.

dundarious 5y ago
The Democratic party was quite cynical in its association with the anti-war movement of the time. As soon as they achieved some electoral success, their actions disavowed themselves (this is unsurprisingly not the only such example). I think this makes it accurate to call the war bipartisan (supported by both parties), even though there was a huge people's movement (largely aligned with one of those parties) opposing it.