NP - Fuck You and Your “Democrats Have to End Identity Politics to Win” Bullshit

[David Morris]

https://www.balloon-juice.com/2016/12/08/fuck-you-and-your-democrats-have-to-end-identity-politics-to-win-bullshit/

If I read one fucking more thinkpiece, blog post, semi-literate tweet, or
facebook forward
<http://www.npr.org/2016/11/25/503316461/columbia-professor-says-democrats-need-to-move-beyond-identity-politics>
blaming
whatever the fuck *“identity politics”* is for Democrats losing the
election I am going to lose completely and totally lose my shit and climb a
fucking bell tower. I don’t even know what people mean when they say
identity politics anymore. So let me ask you:

*Is it identity politics when you cater to white supremacists, the Klan,
and neo-nazis to win an election
<http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/14/politics/white-nationalists-on-bannon/>?*


*Is it identity politics when you say white lives matter or blue lives
matter
<https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/white-lives-matter>?Is
it identity politics when you cheer building a wall to keep out rapey
Mexicans
<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3775181/Supporters-chant-Build-wall-Donald-Trump-arrives-greet-fans-Ohio-fair.html>?[...]***No.
Of course not. What you mean when you say “identity politics” is you mean
all those groups you want to systematically oppress try to stand up and
defend themselves and it hurts your feelings because you can’t have your
way. In politics, it’s called COALITION BUILDING.*
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