> I know when the right rails against "identity politics" this is not what they mean, but as a progressive, I feel that this sort of identity politics gets in t

> I know when the right rails against "identity politics" this is not what they mean, but as a progressive, I feel that this sort of identity politics gets in the way of building a coalition large enough to make progress. When stated motives are questionable, look at the outcomes and use those to infer what the true motives were.