“The thing that the religious right did over and over and over again – they do it today; JD Vance is actually exceptionally good at this – is this idea that, ‘ You expressing your point of view oppresses me, you enjoying your civil rights oppresses me. Even though I’m the second most powerful man in the country, other people having their point of view is actually oppression against me.’ They were exceptionally good at that...”
‘People are picking the dumbest fights’: the tortured history of America’s culture wars
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jul/15/culture-wars-isaac-butler-interview
8 Comments
solrize@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 30d
This is not anything new or US specific for heavens' sakes. Socrates was sentenced to death in ancient Greece for "corrupting the minds of youth", "failing to acknowledge the gods of the city", and "introducing new deities".
It never stops.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 30d
Fair point. Thank you.
joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 30d
lol the fuck you are JD
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 30d
That's what he says when he's trying to flirt with the couch
joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 30d
"You know, a man of my power could have any couch, but I chose you.", lol
Tbh this has creepy boss vibes now that I think about it, but that's this whole admin
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 30d
Nice
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 30d
This is maybe one of the worst aspects of the Obama presidency, how it gave rise to this notion that people have a right to be free from offense. Most people honestly think their opinions and identity are sacrosanct, and that it's their right to never have to cope with hearing anything they don't like.
And I really, really wish I knew how to make people care about anything that really matters so much as they care about this symbolic, stupid shit.
pammyfromthesticks@mander.xyz · -10 pts · 30d
Libturds VS Conservahogs