Conservatives must wade into cultural fray – yes, even making their own movies – to expand base

[minervadoe]

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sam-sorbo-conservatives-must-wade-into-cultural-fray-yes-even-making-their-own-movies-to-expand-base

Sam Sorbo: Conservatives must wade into cultural fray – yes, even making their own movies – to expand base

We are losing the propaganda war. 

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What's the reason for this decline in the conservative population?  .....  While conservatives are leading in the battle of ideas, they have all but surrendered the culture war. Academia, entertainment and high- and low-culture are completely dominated by liberals. Conservatives must enter the cultural fray if they're going to expand their base. 

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Other inherently conservative Hollywood themes include the importance of family; the glorification of the American Dream; and rewards for hard work and sacrifice. Masculinity, freedom and a willingness to fight in self-defense are also almost universally glorified. Even the common Hollywood critiques of capitalism  – warnings against consumerism, corporatism, cronyism  – are ones with which most conservatives would agree.   Imagine the cultural influence if conservatives seized this opportunity by creating and promoting conservative storylines to match these universal themes. 

 

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What does this look like in practice? At the most basic level, this simply means conservative think tanks supporting the conservative offerings that come out of Hollywood by highlighting them to their audiences in blog posts, newsletters and op-eds. Who doesn't like a good movie recommendation?

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By supporting such conservative films and engaging in the culture wars, conservatives can reverse their dwindling population. It's time for conservatives to trade their green eyeshades for purple eyeglasses. 

 

[janice6]

31 minutes ago, minervadoe said:

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sam-sorbo-conservatives-must-wade-into-cultural-fray-yes-even-making-their-own-movies-to-expand-base

Sam Sorbo: Conservatives must wade into cultural fray – yes, even making their own movies – to expand base

We are losing the propaganda war. 

 

I believe that the problem with conservatives, is that when faced with a controversy, they present facts and statistics to support their case. 

The problem occurs when the other side of the argument presents feelings and passion and simply will not accept facts and statistics.  Their argument is that feelings trump (no pun intended) reason.

In a debate between these two arguments, there will never be a resolution, since the disparities between the opposing sides are completely incompatible.  There is no common ground.  And the frequent call to compromise simply means, accept my feelings as final, or else.

Conservatives need to add passion to their arguments, even if it means being impolite to the other side.  

[minervadoe]

Here's one way to do propaganda, creating informative political advertisements: