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Victor Davis Hanson: The trenches of the culture wars
jewishworldreview.com ^ | Oct. 6, 2005 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 10/06/2005 4:28:33 AM PDT by Tolik

Welcome to the trenches of the culture wars, where academic notions of political correctness, multiculturalism and cultural relativism meet the brawling American street.  

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Philosophy; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: culture; culturewars; left; theleft; vdh; victordavishanson; waronterror; wot; wwiv

1 posted on 10/06/2005 4:28:37 AM PDT by Tolik
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To: neverdem; Lando Lincoln; quidnunc; .cnI redruM; yonif; SJackson; dennisw; monkeyshine; Alouette; ...


    Victor Davis Hanson Ping ! 

       Let me know if you want in or out.

Links: FR Index of his articles:  http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=victordavishanson 
His website: http://victorhanson.com/     NRO archive: http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson-archive.asp

2 posted on 10/06/2005 4:29:48 AM PDT by Tolik
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To: Tolik

Thanks again, Tolik, for having me on your ping list. Hanson is, in my book, brilliant.


3 posted on 10/06/2005 4:39:48 AM PDT by Hornet19 (I am Politically Erect)
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To: Tolik
The distortion of reality is a survival mechanism for the Left.

For them, the media no longer serve to provide information or entertainment, they are there to prop up a tired, warped worldview, a worldview which is daily assaulted by reality, and refuted by events.

4 posted on 10/06/2005 4:52:19 AM PDT by wayoverontheright ("RICH" = OUR NATION'S EMPLOYERS AND INVESTORS.)
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To: Tolik
It used to be that liberalism was also populist. Yet lately the Left has often adopted a condescending attitude toward the so-called people, trivializing the folks in the trenches in assorted uniforms and camouflage who supposedly need guidance and moral enlightenment by their elite betters.

IMO, liberalism was always a faux populist movement, hiding it's condescension from the people.

Thanks for the ping, Tolik. I always read, even if I sometimes fail to respond.
:O)

5 posted on 10/06/2005 5:07:41 AM PDT by metesky (This land was your land, this land is MY land; I bought the rights from a town selectman!)
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To: Tolik

What a day to start out a Thursday morning VDH, and guess what I get to start out tomorrow the same way.


6 posted on 10/06/2005 5:11:18 AM PDT by dts32041 ( Robin Hood, stealing from the government and giving back to tax payer. Where is he today?)
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To: metesky
The irony of it all? It used to be that liberalism was also populist. Yet lately the Left has often adopted a condescending attitude toward the so-called people, trivializing the folks in the trenches in assorted uniforms and camouflage who supposedly need guidance and moral enlightenment by their elite betters.

But really, how will we insipidly ignorant red-staters possibly know what to think or do without the aloof leadership of elitist snobs and the role-modeling of Hollywood actors? I blame Karl Rove.

7 posted on 10/06/2005 5:25:12 AM PDT by shezza (God bless the folks in the trenches)
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To: shezza

By 2000, Washington reminded me of Versailles. The femaile senators all had elaborate Madame Pompadour hairstyles and everytime I turned on c-span there was a formal party with pols in tuxes. It has calmed down some, though I often wish Hercules would show up and divert the Potomac to clean out the Augean stables. I guess, though, it is our job to throw the bums out.


8 posted on 10/06/2005 5:38:19 AM PDT by ClaireSolt (.)
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To: ClaireSolt
I guess, though, it is our job to throw the bums out.

Behold, the Power of Pork.

9 posted on 10/06/2005 5:44:32 AM PDT by shezza (God bless the folks in the trenches)
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To: Tolik

VDH for Supreme Court!


10 posted on 10/06/2005 6:55:30 AM PDT by Kryptonite
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To: Tolik

The current Hollywood hit "Flightplan" has incensed airline flight attendants and officers, many of whom are boycotting the movie. The film portrays some of them as rude and dense, and others as playing around, while criminals divert their airplane under their noses. Two of the plotters are, in fact, a female flight attendant and an air marshal!


Hollywood just doesn't get it. And they wonder why people aren't buying thier product.


11 posted on 10/06/2005 8:46:06 AM PDT by Valin (The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.)
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To: Valin

The counterpoint has them characterizing anyone who attempts to thwart would be terrorists as 'vigilantes' who are 'endangering' everyone else. Just like statistics, you can say whatever you want when you are controlling all of the variables others get to see.

Hollywood cannot exist without warping reality. It's what they do, the real world often fails to be entertaining so they have to 'jazz it up' and twist it to suit the purpose of the day. Anyone who looks to Hollywood to define the world around them is deluded and just plain ignorant.


12 posted on 10/06/2005 9:31:12 AM PDT by contemplator (Capitalism gets no Rock Concerts)
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To: Tolik
It used to be that liberalism was also populist. Yet lately the Left has often adopted a condescending attitude toward the so-called people

As usual VDH has his finger pointed directly at a core issue.
13 posted on 10/06/2005 9:36:37 AM PDT by contemplator (Capitalism gets no Rock Concerts)
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To: contemplator

What gets me is, there's a war on. There are 1,000's of stories out there waiting to be told, stories of loss, cowardness, bravery, conflict, love, the whole pallet of human existence. Why they don't use it is beyond me.
Two examples
1 Atta, his journey from Egypt to 9-11 (see the book "The Cell").
2 A company of Marines from the US to Baghdad (see the "March Up")

There's two great stories right off the top of my head. Took about 5 seconds to come up with them.


14 posted on 10/06/2005 9:50:59 AM PDT by Valin (The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.)
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To: contemplator
And they [Hollywood people] are so political that the normal primal motivator -- money -- is not the main factor for them. They gladly loose money when overshooting movie to R when it could have been a perfect PG13, and they annoy a large part, maybe even majority of population, with their openly leftist political stance.

One of my favorite talk-show hosts Michale Medved was saying this for ages. They are not starving of course, but they could have made much more money easily!
15 posted on 10/06/2005 9:51:15 AM PDT by Tolik
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To: Valin

Should have cc you to my post #15.


16 posted on 10/06/2005 9:53:11 AM PDT by Tolik
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To: Tolik

They are not starving of course, but they could have made much more money easily!...and probably made a better movie.
something the guy who taught me photography was always saying "Less is more".


17 posted on 10/06/2005 10:03:06 AM PDT by Valin (The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.)
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To: contemplator
"As usual VDH has his finger pointed directly at a core issue."

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Yes, but he made it sound as though this is a new development. I would submit the mindset of liberalism originates from a narcissistic, relativistic, solipsistic, and thus God-less world-view. Therefore, there is no alternative to behaving in a condescending fashion, and there really is little hope that a liberal would realize or comprehend what I just said. They are "hardwired."
18 posted on 10/06/2005 1:01:12 PM PDT by Harrius Magnus
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