Article originally appeared on amac.us.
Three historic anniversaries having to do with the struggle for freedom provide an interesting context for the current conservative cheerfulness about the culture wars.
The pendulum is swinging! Or so some people are saying. The beginning of this month has seen a financial shellacking given out to corporations such as Target Corporation and AB InBev (Anheuser-Busch’s corporate name) that has given hope to people on the right. As well it should. The left is very good at exercising economic, political, and bureaucratic power in comparison to the right. Taking the purveyors of Target’s Satanic Pride Month regalia and Bud Light down a few economic notches is a cause for celebration. A few billion dollars of market capitalization here, a few billion there, and pretty soon we’ll be talking about real money.
The kind of money that might make other corporations think the next time they want to push …
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