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I know you know this, but it helps me to vent it.... Unfortunately, the culture wars are more insidious than fact driven. I've read from many sources that the flames are being fanned by wealthy forces on the right who know they'd never win another election if only economic policies were at issue. So they spread misinformation to prey on and appeal to people's ignorance and intolerances to "psyop" them at an emotional level into voting against their own economic interests and keeping in power politicians who cater only to those wealthy forces. The right will never end the culture wars because they need to stoke them continually to stay in power, just like the industrial-military complex needs cold wars and foreign enemies to keep their outsized largesse of taxpayer revenues flowing. Getting the true facts out there as you have done here is vital, and thankfully political commentators are getting the word out that American voters are being played. Hopefully a continuous drumbeat of the truth from both will penetrate the popular psyche until the fake culture wars fade out from lack of oxygen. Ahh, I feel a little better now! Thanks for the vehicle! -A

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