LISA BORST: Scott, is the Cracker Barrel controversy important?
A. S. HAMRAH: A lot of people are adamant in stating that it’s unimportant. I first saw that position explained by the New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie in one of his Instagram reels. He was annoyed that people were taking this Cracker Barrel story seriously, that it was taking up a certain amount of space or time in the news cycle. Bouie said it was idiotic that everything has to become an example of the culture war, because, you know, some things just aren’t political. I think that’s an insufficient explanation, and doesn’t really get at what this controversy was about. Yeah, it’s an annoying story. But in its triviality it’s also very entertaining and revealing. And it’s funny.
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