I suppose part of where I am coming from is that when it comes to our little manufactured wars - terror, drug, or culture - I am a devout pacifist. I will not fight them, because they almost inevitably lead to more pain, more chaos, and in the end, devastating defeat.I share his assessment of where the culture wars lead and the need to abandon them, but I object to labeling one opposed to the culture wars as a pacifist. The description gives too much legitimacy to the idea of the culture wars. The culture wars are founded on a framework for interpreting others of differing culture positions, a framework that reduces others to enemies and is (dis)ordered toward their defeat. That defeat never comes with any finality. Not in a pluralistic and democratic society.
The label “culture war pacifist” defines an opponent of the culture wars within the culture war framework, but that framework itself has to be forsaken in order to end the culture wars.
Update: E.D. Kain responds to my objection. My answer follows in the comments.