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"Or look at the term "Identity politics", which was coined back in the
70s (ffs) by activists wanting to establish a common language shared
by people with different experiences and is now used as an insult by
bigots, cunts and edgelords who feel that has been too successful."But also that it is used as a propaganda/divide and rule tactic by the reactionary international; see how well Trump & Co. (Murdoch/Fox News, Mercer/Bannon, Cummings, etc) have taken this viewpoint and turned it into a political weapon to their advantage.
My point actually reinforces what you said.
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Since those people never argue honestly, would not having any "identity politics" made any difference?
They could have then targeted by income class, if you are poor it is your fault and BUT IMMIGRANTS anyway.
Some people argue more focus should be on income inequality as they think identity politics is maybe overshadowing that, but not sure if focusing only on that would have made the above any more honest.
JWestland
A phenomenon you've largely invented. Campaigners on different fronts have increasingly been listening to and learning from each other. Activists today look back to the experiences, successes, failures and learning of the suffragettes, the Black Panthers, the Greenham Common Women and many more. People talk to each other, lessons are shared, common concepts evolve. Consider the phrase "check your privilege", which you might now hear being said by somebody black to somebody white, somebody disabled to somebody able bodied, somebody trans to somebody cisgendered... the message and the experience it talks about are shared. The idea of privilege and its abuse and potential ways of dealing with it is a common one. Or look at the term "Identity politics", which was coined back in the 70s (ffs) by activists wanting to establish a common language shared by people with different experiences and is now used as an insult by bigots, cunts and edgelords who feel that has been too successful.
The whole experience of activism of the last half century flatly contradicts your claim.
I listened to you carefully. Then I called you a cunt.