The problem isn’t the “equal rights crap”, it is the fact that one side of the coin wants to be “more equal than others” (forgive the Animal Farm reference). The progressives want freedom of speech until an opposing viewpoint appears, they want freedom of expression as long as they can guide it, and they want equal protection under the law of the court of public opinion. The problem is that we are in the backstabbing phase of the American Culture War, where they are trying to set up their utopia by using our own rules against us, not understanding that we aren’t enforcing a LOT of things that would have them either shot dead or in a cell.
The actual problem plaguing America isn’t the existence of or ideals surrounding equal rights, it is the lack of equal protection and enforcement. Fix that issue and I can guarantee that this current crop of bullshit will evaporate relatively quickly.