My sons are now old enough to understand this stuff. I've had some good conversations with them. One that comes to mind is female representation. When movies or TV shows that have female or "under-represented" characters flop you hear a dumb take. We just have so much hate and racism/sexism that this art is being attacked.

Most of what I see are critics pointing out bad writing and story telling. Its not the isms. I think the crap we have seen in recent years actually does more of a disservice to these groups because it gives ammo to the truly hateful people. When films are bad no one cares that the lead was a white dude. Most films suck. When the film is obviously trying to preach and is also bad it just creates a narrative for hateful people to latch on to. It does a disservice to the cause the filmmakers claim to care about. Films that are well done can have characters that aren't white males. The vast majority of people just wanna see a good movie. They do not care about race/sex. Those that do care about race/sex should be ignored by the film maker. Focus on making a great film. Don't focus on "the message".

It seems obvious to me. Over the past 15 years I have watched the culture wars develop and IMO many advocating or equality are actually making things worse by focusing on immature idiots. They have empowered many insecure idiots by proving their own hearts are filled with spite and hate.

It is similar to what the left has done with Trump. He is so full of flaws but they can't help but lie and exaggerate about him. They can't help but be hateful instead of taking the higher ground. They make him sympathetic. The expose their own black hearts. It turns people like me off and those that like Trump are pushed harder in his direction as they see the other choice isn't any better.

Honestly, at this point I shouldn't be surprised by these things but I have to admit I am. Moral corruption is at the root of this whole thing. Its why I want nothing to do with either side of politics or these culture wars.