Yes, you are being played with the all outrage all the time about the Republican culture war. They go all in on the culture war shit because IT'S ALL THEY HAVE. DeSantis culture war policies are not popular at all, and not as popular as you think in Florida. In the midterms, Democrats spent three times more than Republicans on television ads touting bipartisanship. By contrast, Republicans went on offense, spending upwards of 10 times more than Democrats on ads with the words “extremist” and “radical.” They need to tackle this tactic head on rather than dismissing it. Call them out and make them explain themselves. Outrage is click bait. Outrage garners headlines. Outrage taps deep into our emotional cores to increase loyalty to our own tribe while escalating animosity of the other side. The so-called culture wars are a symptom of the bigger problem of polarization and tribalism that has taken our country hostage. AND ... not all Republican culture warriors did as well during the midterm elections and a predicted red wave failed to materialize.
When Republicans go after Democrats as too “woke,” what they’re really doing is painting the party as too elite. They claim "wokeness" was cooked up by college professors, then boosted by corporations so they are the elitists. They frame the Democrats’ agenda as “shaped entirely by corporate interests and radical, elite cultural mores.” This is cynical but savvy messaging, and it points to a real problem for Democrats. It paints them as out of touch with workers and people who are struggling to make ends meet. But it's really just the opposite. The GOP culture war attacks are so far removed from the daily concerns of working people that they are more interested in “virtue-signaling” than kitchen table issues that really matter to people.