[The Urban Sombrero]

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

Let's say a Jesse Helms and an Al Sharpton, just as prospective examples. Both rally a lot of support among targeted constituencies by villifying and demonizing and "us vs. them" inflammatory rhetoric. The representative democracy, republic government we have means that these ideas and viewpoints all compete in the marketplace of ideas and images for the hearts and minds of people, but with certain principles enshrined and protected (speech, religion, etc.).

In my view, Gorsuch should be confirmed in reasonable time by traditional process. But, he won't be. The test shouldn't be "does he/she pass certain cultural litmus tests." But, both sides demonize and villify and refuse often to accept the results of our system.