Culture wars are about the willingness to be disappointed in our fellow citizens. Godfrey says that in her excellent article in the Atlantic. And yet they create the very pessimism they feed off of. Here is a quote from a movie review of The Sound of Freedom from the Atlantic by ELAINE GODFREY: "Kate Cox, a retiree from McLean wearing little flower earrings, told me before the movie that she was “a pro-life Catholic” concerned about the border. “That’s exactly what this is about,” she said. “They’re taking these people and selling them into sex slavery.” Cox and her girlfriends were also worried about the fentanyl coming in from Mexico: How hard would it be to put up a wall? “And the homelessness!” added Peggy, a friend of Cox’s who declined to share her last name. “Cities are falling apart.” Cox nodded. “Say what you will about Trump, and 99 percent of it’s true,” she said, “but this didn’t happen under Trump.”" I can't help but judge these people, though if they were s...