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

[Tara Brady]

This is a long time coming, alas. So maddening to have to keep repeating:
There is no such thing as Generation Snowflake. This is the best piece I
have read on it....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/30/political-correctness-how-the-right-invented-phantom-enemy-donald-trump

On 8 Dec 2016 23:03, "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
> <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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