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It's identity politics on the right too you know. White christian identity.

• kchoudhu 10y ago
  My favorite quote for this election was along the lines of "This is what happens when the majority votes as a minority identity block."
  • hga 10y ago
    But note that this majority is being told in triumphant terms that they will be a minority within their children's lives, and that's already true of live births. So why not join the game of identity politics now?
    • hackuser 10y ago
      > why not join the game of identity politics now? It's not a game. It's a serious problem of centuries of oppression, the worst things the United States has done. Issues of discrimination against minorities are not about a zero-sum competition between teams identified by their skin color, but about reducing centuries-long oppression and physical brutality, from society to the job market to law enforcement, against certain groups. The majority has the institutions of government to protect it: They can call the police, sue, and vote out politicians they don't like. They can get into colleges, get jobs in SV or in the Senate. The experiences aren't perfect, but to conceive of it as a competition between races is deceitful and inflammatory of our most dangerous instincts -- instincts that have a clear track record of slavery, lynching, and very widespread oppression. Frankly, it is encouraging evil.