How Democrats can win the culture war

Reading about the DNC chair election, something occurred to me.

I fully believe the Republicans are using anti-trans and anti-DEI measures as a red herring power grab. They needed a scapegoat, and it's a distraction from the real issues people are facing.

What do Dems do in response? Fully fall into their trap. Focus solely on peoples' ethnicity and sexual orientation as their value basis. It is as extreme as Republicans, only in the opposite way. It's almost as harmful and demeaning to say: I support a person solely because of their ethnicity / gender, as it is to say I hate them solely for that reason.

How to counter the Republican hate tactics? Bring back the MLK era goals of colorblindness. Both to race/ethnicity, to gender/sexuality, and any other distinction.

The Republicans coat their divisiveness as advocacy for meritocracy. We all know they don't truly want meritocracy, they want a reason to blame minorities for the failures of America.

The Dems need to see that advocating for meritocracy IS the way forward. But, in the correct way. That is to say, it doesn't matter where you come from, etc., you will be given a fair shot. Of course, let's try to bring up disadvantaged people. But a disadvantaged person could just as well be a trans black woman or a poor rural white man.

Let's bring back colorblindness, it's not something to be afraid of when done genuinely.