Progressives were able to sell same sex marriage, but they have reached a Rubicon of sorts.  The dominance of progressives in the academy, culture, and media has ensured that all sorts of new and radical ideas could be sold to the broader public quite effectively over time. The revolutionary re-definition of marriage in the space of a generation or so stands as a historic high mark for the ability of an elite to exercise power over a wide majority, winning over their minds.  First, use schools and higher education, while simultaneously pushing a media bombardment of propaganda. You get a sizable enough plurality that opponents and laggards can start to be demonized, and you have won the battle. Now we are seeing the same powers brought to bear on the concept of “gender fluidity” – decoupling sex from the science of chromosomes and relegating it to imagination. Human stories offer the best means of changing minds, because they offer access to the heart....(Read Full Post)