Reclaiming the Culture

[Geee]

PJMedia:

People on the right spend a great deal of time and energy excoriating Hollywood, Broadway, and the music industry. Entertainment has become the province of the Left and is hugely biased.

True enough — but it’s been that way for some time. And with all the complaining by conservatives and libertarian-types it may even have gotten worse in recent years. Certainly, it hasn’t gotten better. Whining, it must be admitted, hasn’t helped.

 

Many say the answer is to boycott Hollywood — some already have. But when you do that just realize that you are turning your back on the culture and that can have, in fact already has had, drastic results.

As the late — and increasingly lamented — Andrew Breitbart pointed out repeatedly, “Politics is downstream from culture.”

Just how downstream we saw in this year’s election. Virtually every accusation made by the left toward Republicans and conservatives (sexism, racism, greed, etc.) was prepared and nurtured in the realm of culture. That was the earth in which the lies grew and prospered. And those lies, more than any facts or policies, were responsible for a liberal victory in a year — with unemployment at 8 percent and a deficit at 16 trillion — that should have been a Republican rout.

Put simply, give up on the culture and you lose forever. (It’s hard enough with the media and the educational system rigged the way they are.)

So my point is quite simple. Quit bitching and start doing.

[Valin]

PJMedia:

 

 

Many say the answer is to boycott Hollywood — some already have. But when you do that just realize that you are turning your back on the culture and that can have, in fact already has had, drastic results.

 

 

This was tried by "The Church" particularly the evangelical/fundamentalist wing of the Church. Starting in the late 19th century, the thought was politics & society is corrupt and any involvement in it can only lead to corruption of The Church. So we're gonna go over where and live in our own little ghetto. We are still living with that, in many ways...I know people who only listen to Christian radio, watch Christian TV,...etc. The problem is this is unbiblical, one of the things we are called to do is to stand in the Public square and say This Is Wrong.

 

Having a similar talk over Here on CGP: (12/5/12) ObamaCare’s Crisis of Conscience (First Things).