[TheRealThing]

Politics. It's a science, an art form. Before the culture warriors invented a war, politics did not quite divide and demonize as they do now. I am saying Gorsuch is qualified to be a Justice on the SCOTUS, but now, both sides of the culture war have made the confirmation about certain issues and, as you say, identity politics. I am simply saying the test of being qualified to serve as a Justice wasn't always how one is pre-figured to decide on a handful of issues. In my view, it is possible to respect, say, Justice Scalia, though disagreeing with him in certain matters of law. Judge Garland got no vote because of factors having nothing to do with his qualifications to serve as a Justice. So it goes.

I might have said the same thing but just to clarify, who exactly were the culture warriors to whom you refer?