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**education** · 12-02-2011, 10:35 PM

Lets not confuse social issues with the Culture War. The Culture War is only about finding wedge issues to frame in such a way as to fire up the base and get flames shooting right out their ass so they will rush down to vote to "save America!!!" It leads to TEA Party members thinking that they have to Take Back America, even though they have no idea who has taken America away or where they took it.

Well sure but using the term 'Culture War' may not be helpful in bringing an awareness of the need to perform the critical analyses necessary to actually bring about the necessary changes?

I dunno, maybe you're right to highlight the kindof marketing schemes that seem to rally the people to vote against themselves (like getting them to bite their noses to spite their faces). Maybe you are right about that?

12-02-2011, 10:35 PM	#26
education Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 430 Senior Member	Lets not confuse social issues with the Culture War. The Culture War is only about finding wedge issues to frame in such a way as to fire up the base and get flames shooting right out their ass so they will rush down to vote to "save America!!!" It leads to TEA Party members thinking that they have to Take Back America, even though they have no idea who has taken America away or where they took it. Well sure but using the term 'Culture War' may not be helpful in bringing an awareness of the need to perform the critical analyses necessary to actually bring about the necessary changes? I dunno, maybe you're right to highlight the kindof marketing schemes that seem to rally the people to vote against themselves (like getting them to bite their noses to spite their faces). Maybe you are right about that?
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