On one hand, the Culture Wars are escalating: In Tennessee, a man who hates liberals (and is pushed over the edge by not getting food stamps, which is as liberal a program as one can imagine) goes into a church which accepts homosexuals with the intention of killing as many people as possible. Another man attempts to assassinate the Arkansas Democratic party chair. Quasi-Christians (people who are very loud about being Christian and have a habit of undermining their faith through action) are actually praying for rain on Obama's speech in Denver.
On the other, the lines are blurring: There are liberals with guns, log cabin Republicans, and Dan Savage tells liberal dads to stop being "such a liberal puss[ies]" that are more worried about being politically correct than what is right, when confronted with bigots.
I had hoped that the battles of the Boomer generation were going to fizzle out, but it looks like they'll go out with a bang. At least this presidential election will not be 100% referendum about Vietnam.Labels: Conservatives, culture war, gays, guns, liberals, politics |
