Otis Mayfield
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People define the "culture war" as orthodoxy versus the progressives. Orthodox people want things to stay as they are or they even want to roll back things. Progressives want change.
So BLM is progressive; they want cops to stop being so aggressive with black people. The Texas' stance on abortion is orthodox. Texas is rolling back abortion laws from the first trimester to just the first two weeks.
So that's what people say the culture war is: progressives versus the orthodox.
Do you think this is a new thing?
Back in the 1920s people were upset because female "flapper" dancers exposed the calves of their legs. They thought radio was making people stupid because people had stopped reading. Cars were mobile dens of inequity where couples would drive to a secluded place and make out.
Progressives in the 1920s wanted things like unemployment insurance and social security. And to do away with Jim Crow laws in the South.
And then we have this:
“Children; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. They no longer rise when elders enter the room, they contradict their parents and tyrannize their teachers. Children are now tyrants.”
-- Socrates, circa 470BC
So is the culture war new or something that's been going on since forever?
So BLM is progressive; they want cops to stop being so aggressive with black people. The Texas' stance on abortion is orthodox. Texas is rolling back abortion laws from the first trimester to just the first two weeks.
So that's what people say the culture war is: progressives versus the orthodox.
Do you think this is a new thing?
Back in the 1920s people were upset because female "flapper" dancers exposed the calves of their legs. They thought radio was making people stupid because people had stopped reading. Cars were mobile dens of inequity where couples would drive to a secluded place and make out.
Progressives in the 1920s wanted things like unemployment insurance and social security. And to do away with Jim Crow laws in the South.
And then we have this:
“Children; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. They no longer rise when elders enter the room, they contradict their parents and tyrannize their teachers. Children are now tyrants.”
-- Socrates, circa 470BC
So is the culture war new or something that's been going on since forever?