‘Wilkow!’: Where Do Conservatives Fit in With America’s Pop Culture

Dec. 14, 2012 7:46pm Christopher Santarelli

While conservatives and Republicans don’t see as many top names in pop culture at their events and vocally supporting their causes as progressives and Democrats, ‘Wilkow!‘ Friday looked at why pop culture should matter to conservatives. Friday’s show featured guests who work in culture and politics, and conservatives who are making the most of their talents in visual arts, film and music, breaking sterotypes.

“Politics is like art. It’s like politics. When people say it’s not a real issue – it is to me,” Andrew Wilkow said Friday.

Friday’s show featured interviews with Rachel Harris of Creative Coalition, a nonprofit that brings artists and entertainers together to learn about national and community issues; actor and comedian Allen Covert, musician Aaron Lewis, Sirius XM Host Kayla Riley and Brandon Brice of Hip-Hop Republican. Watch clips from Friday’s show below.

Andrew Wilkow with actor Allen Covert, Co-Founder of Cherry Tree Books

Panel on pop culture conservatism:

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R.A. Bullseye
Posted on December 16, 2012 at 12:30am
I watched Wilkow last night and I did notice that more than once one man on the panel said that we meaning conservative blacks are not asked to ” the party” and ” what can you do for us” Well that is not the attitude of conservatives. If you weren’t asked to the party maybe you should knock on the door. As far as what can you do for us that is the antithesis of the attitude you should have as a conservative. Also the panel brought up the fact that Jay Z is a conservative but I have trouble seeing that.

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rick20033
Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:00pm
The problem is, we are living in a post-Christian America that the progressives have successfully engineered. As a result, young people don’t have any respect for moral positions other than the morality that they have been taught by the schools and entertainment industry: sexual promiscuity as normal and good / chastity as abnormal and bad; pro-GLTB; pro-abortion; leftist environmentalism, racism against people of color is bad but racism against white people is okay and deserved, etc. As a result, many people that are labeled “conservative” these days aren’t really conservative. They’re libertarian (socially liberal and economically conservative). That’s why some of these entertainment folks aren’t embraced by conservatives. Libertarians often aren’t conservatives and conservatives aren’t libertarians. Libertarians are hybrids of conservatives and liberals and, as a result, aren’t enthusiastically embraced by either ideology. With the collapse of Christianity and its attendant morality, libertarianism is gaining a stronger foothold in the Republican party amongst “conservatives.” But, there are still enough true conservatives that the semi-conservatives are seen as a bad thing (just as they would be in the Democrat party for the opposite reason).

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DebateMe
Posted on December 15, 2012 at 2:55pm
Liberals appreciate more than any other group how music and the arts are the ‘piped piper’ for the masses, especially the masses who do not believe in a creator. People who do not believe in a creator will find something else to worship and believe in and many times those people make music and the arts their religion.

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TMOverbeck
Posted on December 15, 2012 at 11:44am
My good friend Jonathan Caustrita, up until last year, drew a webcomic called “Tiki Coladas” (just enter that name plus dot com to see it) that was pretty funny and endearing. And you can easily see his conservative leanings in some of the stories. Lately he’s been too busy with his job and family, but I hope he’ll one day get back to making more comics. We should be encouraging more creative people like him to put their talents out there, and support them once they do.

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TMOverbeck
Posted on December 15, 2012 at 10:55am
I know it’s kinda weird to compare this to gays “coming out of the closet”, but we do need to give those celebrities who come out as non-Democrat all the support we can, so that we can encourage others who may be secretly holding the same beliefs to step up as well. (I say non-Democrat because of Big Boi’s recent announcement. A pleasant surprise to hear that he voted for Gary Johnson.)

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skimmer57
Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:45am
The GOP has comic heavy weights Greg Gutfeld and Adam Corrolla . Musically there is that war hero Ted Nugent and old Lawrence Welk reruns.Whats not to like? God GUNS and Gold baby!

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liltexasgal
Posted on December 15, 2012 at 7:40am
Progressives have a near monopoly on entertainment and education. Sadly, these are two major areas of our society where young people are trained how to behave and what to believe. If we are to make any significant change in the popular culture of our society, then this must change. It is no wonder that we have the problems we do today. The culture of Hollywood teaches kids the most morally repugnant ideals while the Marxist revolutionary professors fill their heads with lies. It is no wonder we are losing.

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on December 15, 2012 at 1:37am
Conservatives will become the leaders of this country.

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