Even though these and other recent fictional treatments of outbreaks have a strong pro-government message, Americans have essentially been trained to expect and fear a disaster that will someday kill us all. Therefore, when the President decides to repeatedly allow Ebola infected patients into the country, refuses to implement the kind of travel ban that African countries credit with sparing their own lands, and sends American troops into Africa with cursory training on how to handle the disease, you can forgive people for being a little concerned.
If Dr. Devlin’s view is correct (and it seems hard to argue that it is not), by the same token pornography should be considered an important part of an American male’s education. As such, it is worth taking a closer look.
Conservatives oppose gay marriage because many of their voters oppose gay marriage. However, neither the voters nor the politicians seem to be able to give a good reason why besides an appeal to tradition. Such an appeal doesn’t work because conservatives have already conceded so much to the egalitarian narrative regarding sexual politics.
Being born and raised in a Middle-Eastern nation and culture, in the following writing I will summarize my observations on the Western world and discuss the question of Western identity in the contemporary age.
Indeed, the European Imperium idea, as outlined thus far, is essentially a strategy, not an ideal. And an overemphasis on strategy at this point is to put the horse before the cart.
The transsexual is, for theoretical purposes, the ultimate consumer. The transsexual proves, or seems to prove, that even the most basic aspects of human identity are up for sale. Everything is a consumer choice, and nothing is sacrosanct. If Mr. Potato Head wants to become Mrs. Potato Head, he merely purchases the Mrs. Potato Head’s Silly Suitcase package and trades out his plain eyes for a pair with flirty eyelashes.
Ultimately, #Gamergate matters because it is one front in a war that encompasses our entire culture. Indeed, it is a war that determines whether something called “culture” can even continue to exist.
