I believe that question is largely a cleavage point in that if a chisel is placed on the rock of politics with that question, a blow to that chisel will split somewhat cleanly separating Leftists from Conservatives.
Leftists believe Truth is subjective, whatever you decide it is. Conservatives believe in objective truth, truth that can be confirmed through the application of the scientific method.
Conservatives believe in observations of reality to find Truth in this world, and we can accept God's world on faith.
Leftists believe in faith in this world for everything which is why they believe in Globalism, high taxes, global warming, white supremacy, transgenderism, and so on. They are wholly objective on God, and refuse to believe unless they have proof. That is, they have the two things backwards. That is why we find it so jarring to hear a Supreme Court Justice nomination baldly state she cannot define a woman. Or some celebrity declare that yes, she believes a biological man can menstruate or have babies.
It all boils down to whether you believe Truth is subjective or objective. Because if you think truth is subjective you have a Willy Wonka Gold Pass into Cuckoo Land. In Leftist Cuckoo Land, the world is filled with possibilities. Men can be women, dogs, cats, unicorns, you name it. The laws of finance only mean what you say they mean. To Leftists, how much money you have on hand has no bearing in how much money you can spend. If you don't like being in a recession because the economy has been retracting for two quarters in a row, you merely change the official definition, and you aren't in a recession any more. You think simply not sending people to jail for violent crime will reduce violent crime. And so on.
And in the end, it is whether your Truth is Subjective or Objective.
I posted this yesterday on a thread titled "Woke ‘Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies’ Canceled After One Season, Will Be Removed from Paramount+" and someone said it was because people didn't want to see minorities on their television programs, so they don't watch, and the show bombs.
I disagreed and wrote this:
Good post.
What you said about the movies is insightful.
Last night we watched “The Sting” again. Great movie. When it was finished, there were extra features that we could watch, so we did.
There were a lot of interviews done many years later with most all of the actors. One thing they said over and over was the attention to small details that the director and writer of the screenplay was phenomenal. Everything had to be very specific to the con man culture, their language, the way they could get someone to believe them. Those things made the movie believable and authentic.
You’re very right about the lack of genuineness in woke culture. It’s where Bud Light has royally screwed themselves over, and there’s no way for them to recapture their former buyers, because the cat is out of the bag. Now people know how much they’ve been played, and they aren’t happy about being fooled.
It is about Truth. If truth is subjective, then it can’t be truth.
Anyway, great post. I sure enjoyed reading it.
No doubt but also people don't want to be forced and they are trying to cram it down our throats. All of it - all this race crap, all this wokeness, man/woman BS etc.
Thanks for the great reply!