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In regards to 2): Both parties are using identity politics, but I feel like it's distinctly the progressive left that is using it to be divisive. They call out
by civilian 10y ago
In regards to 2): Both parties are using identity politics, but I feel like it's distinctly the progressive left that is using it to be divisive. They call out problems that are barely there and normal white/straight america is just kind of tired of being told they're a sexist/racist/whatever, when they're really not. "You're either with our most radical programs and subsidies for our favored identities, or you're against us!"
- eli_gottlieb 10y ago>In regards to 2): Both parties are using identity politics, but I feel like it's distinctly the progressive left that is using it to be divisive. I don't think that having the Republicans tell me to act more white and Christian, when I'm actually only sort of white and not Christian at all, is unifying. It feels a lot more like being singled out and attacked.
- civilian 10y agoDo Rs actually tell you to be more white and Christian? Calling BS. I've lived in Massachusetts, that was not my experience at all.
- eli_gottlieb 10y agoI live in Massachusetts. While they don't overtly wave racial and religious flags here, they do market themselves based on features that co-cluster, such as rural identity and "tradition". Same rubbish, slightly nicer packaging.