Heston on the Culture War

"...the God fearing, law-abiding, Caucasian, middle-class Protestant,

      or even worse, evangelical Christian, Midwestern or Southern,

         or even worse, rural, apparently straight,

            or even worse, admitted heterosexuals, gun-owning,

              or even worse, NRA-card-carrying, average working stiff,

                 or even worse, male working stiff,

    because, not only don’t you count, you are a down-right obstacle to social progress.

Your voice deserves a lower decibel level, your opinion is less enlightened, your media access is insignificant, and frankly, mister, you need to wake up, wise up, and learn a little something from your new-America and until you do, would you mind shutting up?"

- Charlton Heston, in a 1997 speech entitled Fighting the Culture War in America.