Digby On The Culture War

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Wherever resentment resides in the human character it can find a home in the Republican Party. This anger and frustration stems from a long nurtured sense of cultural besiegement, which they are finding can never be dealt with through the attainment of power alone. They seek approval.

My father-in-law was saying much the same thing over dinner last night. ("They know we despise them, and that we are right to do so.")

But how, then, can this fight be won? We will not give approval; they will accept nothing less.