This loss by Kerry Will be the opening salvo in the cultural wars of this century. Hell Mexico took two centuries to deal with their religious identity. But in a country were the core ideas of enlightenment thought helped found the institutions that ground this nation are under direct attack. This war has its origins in the sixties and the strange but unholy joining of two groups. Socially religious conservatives and strictly business interests. These groups a have established the foundation for so much disinformation on their adversaries that most of the time they are forced to dispel those lies and rumors and not in any substantive debate. But this ignorance plays to the Conservatives favor, one group wants the money the other wants the establishment of religion on our society. Long ago they st rived to form a movement to steal the moral issues from the country and place them in a scapegoating/fear-mongering dynamic that only context is in churches. But above all this movement is on the CRUSADE TO DESTROY ALL Liberal ideas/ ideals/ thought. Somehow Janet's boob became a moral and religious issue, stupid and irresponsible yes but a moral travesty degrading our society? Please, divorce and adultery is much worst in actually altering the everyday life people live. If people explain to their children that what that lady on TV did is wrong then the issue should stop there right? Which brings me to the Gay issue, which is not the main reason the Dems lost but it plays into the game the Conservatives want. We play on their field with the equipment, and still we came a few million votes short. In a decade the young Latinos and African Americans will equate that easily. This is a all or nothing game that has its hands in high xenophobia and religious zealotry. Not to mention the quietest and most prosperous element of this unholy marriage is the business side, taxes and corporate welfare with additional access to the goods and control of public property. Mexico and many developing countries are experiencing this type of neoliberalization and with unhealthy consequences for average people. Because the US has a higher income per capita the Business interests sees a good disconnect between the drastic effects of this economic shift which well allow the total realtering effect to occur. I don't mind fighting about Taxes and tax burdens but when you coopt a movement for financial reasons and don't actually care about those principles that give you those tax breaks that's where I get all bent out of shape. Especially when we have so much to deal with in this world, terrorism which in many ways mimic this cutural war is SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT than if two gay people get married. But of course liberals have become terrorist... but that's for another post.
I feel that first and foremost the Left needs to engage in the cultural war. Otherwise all is lost. It took 40 years to establish this control for the right, their game is tight no doubt about it. But in less than 2 years the dormant heart and soul of the left has reawaken and I feel is ready to fight. Crap the election showed we can form groups and networks quicker and more flexible than the Conservatives. We had a war time president running for his job. The Light and Truth will prevail, maybe god wanted the world to let bush see that light and truth first hand. Gays should be allowed to be married as long as they don't destroy society at the same time. Red states have the highest rates of divorce in our great country and guess what the one state that allows gay unions is the lowest. Morals are about actions not about repetitive slogans. The Morals and values or this country have been verbally hijacked but they need to be retaken. More than anything I want to destroy Conservatives, the movement the organizations and everything associated with it, except of course religion but I only say that because people may have equated the two.. that equation took 20 years to bear fruit, out country is 228 years old before that religion was something out country shared and allowed its people to practice and alter. Religion is at the heart of the character of our nation but our nation's character was not imprinted or dictated to us by our founders for good reason. I do not want to fight religion but its use as compass toward a more perfect union.
Since we did not begin this war, (yes liberals helped change institutions to allow for more choice and inclusion, not the outlawing of those original ideas - ie segregation was outlawed not personal racism) conservatives have been unwilling to compromise our culture, its their way or get the fuck out of the country/go to Europe, turn French. I am sorry that our principles as open minded individuals allowed the radicals to continue existing for that we must obliterate and untie religion for this unholy bond. This crippling and collapse of the right is necessary not only for the liberal agenda to continue but also for the principles of this enlightened country to reign outward the world. That is why the world is sadden by our choice as a country, not because they hate us but because they saw the war from afar we as liberal were too close to the action to see the forest closing in around us. Our live and let live attitude was seen as weakness and used to get their troops closer to heart of our country than we could imagine. So here we are. Will we fight for our rights or will the right use god to control this country? Don't forget the last time religion ruled unabided was the DARK AGES.
