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* The fervor of religion-based anti-gay fervor might be termed a [[war on homosexuality]] (move the actively belligerent stuff from [[religion vs. homosexuality]]) | * The fervor of religion-based anti-gay fervor might be termed a [[war on homosexuality]] (move the actively belligerent stuff from [[religion vs. homosexuality]]) | ||
* the [[war on rationality]] – cf. [[Al Gore]]'s ''[[The Assault on Reason]]'' | * the [[war on rationality]] – cf. [[Al Gore]]'s ''[[The Assault on Reason]]'' | ||
| + | * the [[war on drugs]], which only made things worse and may have served primarily as a funding vehicle for secret projects | ||
Latest revision as of 17:28, 15 February 2009
...are any kind of ideological/memetic conflict wherein a particular idea (meme) is under attack, such that the conflict can be described as a "war on" the idea in question.
This is distinct from armed conflicts, i.e. "shooting wars" (whether legally declared or not).
To Be Written
- neoconservative projects:
- the war on science
- the war on competence (a Bush II administration house special)
- The fervor of religion-based anti-gay fervor might be termed a war on homosexuality (move the actively belligerent stuff from religion vs. homosexuality)
- the war on rationality – cf. Al Gore's The Assault on Reason
- the war on drugs, which only made things worse and may have served primarily as a funding vehicle for secret projects
Pages in category "Wars on"
The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.