Much of the discussion was dominated by liberal analyst Ron Brownstein, whose political leanings were not hinted at as he was identified merely as a “CNN senior political analyst.” Brownstein – a senior editor for the left-wing The Atlantic – portrayed older whites as trying to take America back to before the 1960s and go against trends toward the country allegedly becoming more liberal. He asserted:

They’re basically non-urban, older white voters, and they are using that to impose the values of that coalition on changing places before the new demography maybe changes the political balance in a place like — in a place like Texas.

He added:

So you see half the country moving in this direction, and then these boycotts are kind of the business flank of that same effort that, in many ways, is attempting to reverse what has been six decades of nationalizing more rights and creating common rights that are more available in every state. I mean, we are moving back toward a pre-1960s world where your basic civil rights and civil liberties depending much more on your zip code.

[Isn’t it somewhat obvious that this isn’t a fringe effort, at least when it comes to Bud Light? They’ve lost 30% of their business in pursuit of “inclusion,” an effort that consisted of insulting their existing customer base to pursue the ~1% demo that represents “a changing America”? And since when does the Left complain about the effect of boycotts and “imposing values”? The entire ESG/DEI effort is based on threats of boycott and disinvestment. Come on, man. — Ed]