Category Archives: Culture Wars

A Brief Defense of Memes

If a photo is worth a thousand words, then a well-constructed, counter-signal meme is worth at least that much. In “A Quick Defense of Memetics”, August Rush writes: For those of us who prefer the written word, it’s easy to … Continue reading

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NYT: How the Trolls Stole Washington

Amanda Hess (ahem) writes on “How the Trolls Stole Washington”: Over the course of Donald Trump’s staggering political rise, observers tried to make sense of him by borrowing a metaphor from the internet: Trump, they said, was a troll. He … Continue reading

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Political Violence in a MN Museum

In the NYT, we learn of an incident where “Two Groups Scuffle Amid Art Inside a Minneapolis Museum”. It involves, yet again, Leftist ‘antifas’ attacking peaceful Alt-Righters: The confrontation began when a large group of organized protesters, holding banners identifying … Continue reading

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When We Rise… Against ‘When We Rise’

The series “provides a timely statement on the importance of identity”, says the NYT’s front page teaser for the article reviewing When We Rise, ABC’s new P.C. mini-series on the history of the LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ movement (“Review: ‘When We Rise’ Charts … Continue reading

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BLM Women

As I’ve long believed, the people most concerned and animated by the ‘Black Lives Matter’ narrative are not blacks… but self-hating liberal whites. From Page Six: Nothing is off-limits for Leslie Jones’ stand-up routine. “If I see another 45-year-old white … Continue reading

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Fallon Not #Resisting = Vichy France

It’s a busy day of cultural activism at the NYT. Today, we have “Colbert Rides a Trump Wave, While Fallon Treads Water”, which wags a virtue-signaling finger at Jimmy. IOW, when Colbert’s ratings were in the toilet, and Fallon’s were … Continue reading

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Is America a Christian Nation? – Pt. 361,925

Horrifying news from WaPo (“You have to be Christian to truly be American? Many people in the U.S. say so.”): About one-third of all Americans think that you have to be a Christian to truly be an American — despite … Continue reading

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The Diminishing Relevance of the Art World

In WaPo, Tom Rachman, who himself despises Trump, asks “How can the art world resist Trump? Probably not very well.” What is the problem? Political correctness and conformity of thought within the world of elite artists: Right-wing commentators have spent … Continue reading

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“Trump = Hitler” in The New Yorker – Pt. 3,183

Another day, another ‘Trump = Hitler’ article from our ‘most high’ eschelons of Culterati. In The New Yorker is a piece titled “When It’s Too Late To Stop Fascism, According To Stefan Zweig” I wonder how far along the scale … Continue reading

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CA as Incubator for Trumpism

In “How the Golden State Became the Intellectual Capital of Trump’s GOP”, Jason Willick & James Hitchcock note the affinity that iconoclastic, California-based, Alt-Right styled conservatives have towards Trump, and believe it is because CA is experiencing first the radical … Continue reading

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