[TheRealThing]

Advocacy of violence as a means to social change (Malcolm X until right at the end) sure ain't getting any good word from me. Robert Byrd was a politician: he was skilled at sniffing the scent of change in the wind, and his ultimate loyalty was re-election.

I think the "Hey, Mr. Nielsen, 24/7 news, above all we must have advertisers" corporate media was glimpsed by President Eisenhower, and it deeply concerned him. To me, when the Watters guy on O'Reilly goes out from time-to-time to gage the political and cultural literacy of John and Jane Q Public...it is sobering. Folks like Bob and Hoot and you and me, we can disagree, but we at least have some sense of culture and politics and history. In my mind, the culture war is manifested in trying to silence, intimidate, lampoon any and all views that conflict or oppose. The KKK can have a parade. Skin heads can throw a rally. The new Black Panthers can stage a march. They can throw ideas out there. If they advocate or employ violence, looting, etc., they are subject to the law. An example: Westboro Baptist... they have the right to speak their minds, put their ideas out there; however, in my view, the rights of veteran's families to not have to look at that or hear it on the day of a funeral of their serviceman would make a "no see, no hear" buffer zone between protester and place of funeral acceptable. I enjoyed your analysis.

Why thank you so much. Wars always start because of some form of encroachment upon the sovereignty of another, and the culture war is no exception. Stalin, Khrushchev and now Putin have put their ideas out there, but that is never enough for those intent upon subversion. Violence always follows. So there is always an aggressor and a victim, even if that victim is of superior capability. Guess what all those fine gents advocate for? Change.

In the case if our culture war, the bone of contention is not really one of politics. It is the same old battle of good versus evil. Democrats and liberal/progressives are so different they're not even allowed to be housed in the same zoo. Yet somehow they managed to take complete control of the Democrat Party. Disguised as Dems, the left dresses up subversion and calls it change. My question, how much change do we really need to make to the greatest free society in the last thousand years? Conservatives believe too much change will only harm the country, as recent rioting, vitriol and violence clearly demonstrate to be true. One side is always on the attack and one side is always defending itself. One side is always trying to radically change our laws and heritage, and one side is always trying to preserve our land using the already established paths of governance. Finally we see Republicans speaking up about it. And Dems incredibly have redoubled down on their attacks on traditional America.