Why the Culture War Has Re-ignited
The selection of Sarah Palin as McCain’s VP choice has re-ignited the Culture Wars. During the Emmy awards, Tina Fey opined she wanted Sarah Palin to be removed from public life. Laura Linney, Howie Mandel, Jeremy Piven, Stephen Colbert, and John Stewart all expressed their negative views of Sarah Palin. John McCain? He wasn’t even mentioned. Even Saturday Night Live got into the act, with a skit suggesting that Todd Palin was molesting his daughters.
The Culture Wars, last seen in the 1992 election, are back. Sarah Palin is at the center. Instead of Murphy Brown. This time, of course, for her decision to have five children, with a blue collar, supportive man. But what drives the reason the Culture Wars are being fought? After all, much of this abuse directed at Palin is spontaneous, coming from people such as Sandra Bernhard. Who, to the acclaim of the Washington Post, declared that Sarah Palin would be “gang raped” by “some of Sandra’s big, Black brothers” should Palin dare to venture into Manhattan.
What is driving this abuse? It’s fear of demographics, and the need to control culture to make up for the demographic collapse of White Liberalism.
Simply put, White Liberals are not having many children. Philip Longman, in his “Return of the Patriarchy,” notes that “Red” states that voted for George W. Bush in 2004, had a 12% fertility advantage over “Blue” states that voted for John Kerry. Liberals do know this, and it accounts for the fury over which they wage the Culture Wars, and also their support for illegal and legal immigration.