i was just thinking today how it was only in the last maybe eight years that i felt like language was being actively manipulated or exasperated at people playing massive word games or people completely flipping positions within 24 hours when their political masters signaled.

@Moon Around 2012 I believe you had a huge uptick in culture war bullshit in the media. People blame it at elites being scared of Occupy Wallstreet, but I think elites don't give a shit.

Like you said though, culture war bs has been going on for a long time, it's just now on overdrive. Even in the 00s you had people whining about "racism" in RE5 or Kane and Lynch game.