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Culture War Roundup for the week of July 22, 2024

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Wild take: Right-wingers don't dislike Kamala.

Not wild. I'm as opposed to DEI and representationalism as anyone. Here's (what I'll try to make) an unvarnished report of my feelings.

I feel no animosity towards her. From the catbird seat, she will doubtless say things to make me dislike her in the future. But for now, I see her as a minority actress who was chosen to play the wife of an rich white guy in an insurance ad, except instead of playing wife she was playing vice president, and the rich white guy wasn't her husband but Joe Biden.

My animosity is for the people who put her there, both on the supply and demand end. That animosity is fairly strong, more or less whenever I see a BIPOC/gender-nonconforming minority in a leadership position now.

Yeah, I often view questionable DEI appointments as essentially human-shield tactics. Now all criticism of her can be suspected as an attack on women and minorities. And of course there's people who do just hate women and minorities, just like some Zionists do want to see dead innocent Palestinians. Their tweets and memes can be amplified to garner support, at the expense of all the women and minorities who let it get to their heads. Quite tragic.