Regarding this: "This is causing a chasm to open up between the American people and the elites."
I can't help feeling this gap was already there - in fact perhaps it is a major cause of the divergence on this particular issue. The ideological left in Western society has begun to see every skrmish between "Western" and "other" values/culture/interest as a proxy for its own ongoing culture-war with the Christian/conservative past.
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Good observations Mark.
ReplyDeleteRegarding this: "This is causing a chasm to open up between the American people and the elites."
I can't help feeling this gap was already there - in fact perhaps it is a major cause of the divergence on this particular issue. The ideological left in Western society has begun to see every skrmish between "Western" and "other" values/culture/interest as a proxy for its own ongoing culture-war with the Christian/conservative past.