by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
There is someone close to me who is on the exact opposite of the culture wars from me. He wants free speech to be absolute unless he disagrees with that speech, then, “fuck you, lib.”
One of the things that really enrages him is the “gay agenda” of the “woke cancel culture mob.” He thinks being gay is a “sin” and the occasional excesses of the center-Left on that front make him apoplectic. I honestly don’t know how you fix that particular problem. In fact, it’s a sign of how the country is tearing itself apart on a macro level.
On a basic level, I agree with this person on a lot of things, but we express our values in a totally different way. But the issue of the “gay agenda” of the “woke cancel culture mob” is definitely something we don’t agree on. I’m extremely blase about such things — I just don’t care — but this person I’m thinking of really gets worked up about it.
When one of the two sides begins to believe that people they disagree with politically are going to hell — that’s not exactly the greatest situation for your nation to be in. The whole situation is fucked up and, as I keep saying, on a macro basis, America is in serious, serious trouble.
If two things happen — a severe recession and Trump getting indicted — happen between now and Election Day 2024, there is a very good chance that Trump will be in a position to, unto himself, cause the destruction of the United States simply by being himself.
But I’m aways wrong, so lulz. Who knows.
