We need a better culture war

These days, conservatives’ intramural culture war debate is different. Instead of asking whether to fight the culture war, we’re asking which culture war to fight. Are we going to fight a culture war about how bad Hollywood celebrities are, how awesome a few Hollywood celebrities and athletes are, and how a philandering reality TV host just OWNED a bloviating cable news host?

Or are we going to fight to overturn Roe v. Wade, stop the march of toxic gender ideologies that result in child exploitation, and protect religious liberty in legislation and in the courts?

Are we going to fight for the gamer-gaters or for the unborn? Are we going to pose with AR-15s and Bibles to trigger a lib, or are we going to fight our school board to protect our children from racist brainwashing?

If the Right is going to win anything in the culture war, it’s going to have to pick its battles. I don’t mean we should stay away from difficult matters like transgender issues. I mean, we should stay away from stupid fights over Mr. Potato Head . That’s not because we may lose or get mocked for fighting them but because winning such fights isn’t that much better than losing them.