OPINION | BRENDA LOOPER: Big Bird doesn’t deserve Arkansas’ culture war |
Every time I think the culture-war clamor is abating, I swear I hear, "Hold my beer."
Usually at this time of year, it's all about the supposed "War on Christmas" because some folks wish people they don't know (and therefore don't know what holidays they celebrate among the plethora at this time of year) "Happy holidays." How dare! There's also assorted mishegoss over religious displays on government property (hey, if you let Christians put displays up, that means you have to let others do the same, so stop complaining when the local synagogue, mosque, and/or secularists insist on displays as well).
This year's war appears muted, at least thus far, other than a Fox News host saying that AI data centers should take precedence over tree farms and everyone should just get a fake tree. Though I haven't had a real tree in years, I would much rather the land used to grow Christmas trees remain so, if for no other reason than that tree farms are far more environmentally friendly (and less of an eyesore) than data centers that bogart electricity and water that can be used for far better purposes.
(Merriam-Webster just named "slop," as in "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial........