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

[David Morris]

Um.  Sorry.  It's easy to misunderstand email sarcasm.

David

On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 2:45 AM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Um... I think I was agreeing with you?
>
> J.
>
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 10:33 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Are you deaf to the point that all these dozens of anti identity politics
> > critiques are FUCKING STUPID?  "Identity" criticism is ALL about
> offending
> > the white poor minority because of inclusion politics.  It is that
> simple.
> > They are afraid that minorities are getting more help than them.  Anti
> > identity politics is all about misplaced resentment of others'
> advancement.
> > It is the white hillbilly resenting the Cadillac queen.
> >
> > David Morris
> >
> > On Thursday, December 8, 2016, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> 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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