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

[Mark Thibodeau]

Holy crap, are you SERIOUS?!

Swing a dead cat and you'll hit a dozen "hot takes" about how the
Democrats lost by indulging in "identity politics".

If you're sincerely interested, Google is your friend.

J.

On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 7:47 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> That sure is an idiosyncratic take. Can you point  to a single instance of
> that in any medium?
>
> David Morris
>
> On Thursday, December 8, 2016, Chris v <traditionalgb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> when some of these people say 'identity politics' they are referring to
>> how critics of hillary clinton's hawkish attitude towards palestine and her
>> association with goldman sachs were commonly accused of being sexist.
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 5:01 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> 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 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?
>>>
>>> Is it identity politics when you say white lives matter or blue lives
>>> matter?
>>>
>>> Is it identity politics when you cheer building a wall to keep out rapey
>>> Mexicans?
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> ***
>>>
>>> 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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