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> Are you saying that having an absent father or not determines your views on trans people, abortion, saying Merry Christmas vs happy holidays, DEI, etc? What
by lelanthran 2y ago
> Are you saying that having an absent father or not determines your views on trans people, abortion, saying Merry Christmas vs happy holidays, DEI, etc?
What on earth does any of that have to do with the GP post?
I'm also quite curious - you think all of those things listed above are generally seen as positive (or negative) by the same group of people?
That's a bundle of different issues that most people either won't support all of, or won't oppose all of.
- amanaplanacanal 2y agoThat’s usually what people mean when they use the term “culture war”. If that’s not what they meant, I wonder what is?
- anonfornoreason 2y agoI personally prefer another definition of culture war that rises above the ever-changing ground-level arguments. This would be the belief that a person is ultimately responsible for themselves, and any policy or belief that removes that internal locus of control is antithetical to a healthy life and society. I think from here, much of the individual arguments can be classified.
- mikhael28 2y agoWell, that's a very nuanced and mature view of things, but for most people culture war means 'they different than me - no like!'. Very tribal, usually built around team blue vs team red. Cliches, stereotypes and tropes. I think the concept you have expressed is simply the struggle for individual rights writ large. The struggle for a man to move through society by his rules, instead of being controlled by his parents, government or religion. Which, until the last few hundred years in certain parts of the world, has not been remotely possible.
- anon84873628 2y ago>That's a bundle of different issues that most people either won't support all of, or won't oppose all of. And yet that's the state of the US political feud, a.k.a. "culture war".