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My guess is that the Occupy movement was one of the first things that got you into politics, otherwise I don't know how else to explain your opinion. Identity
by dariusj18 5y ago
My guess is that the Occupy movement was one of the first things that got you into politics, otherwise I don't know how else to explain your opinion. Identity politics was around way before the Occupy movement and has been one of the greatest driving forces in progressive social change.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoYeah, but colbapar has a bit of a point: Identity was there, but it wasn't quite so all-consuming of an issue. But I think the timing is a bit off. I think Occupy had pretty much fizzled before identity exploded. I could be wrong - I'm not all that political, so I'm only a fringe observer of these things - but it seems to me that Occupy was pretty much over by 2013, and identity didn't really explode until 2016 or so.
- dariusj18 5y ago> identity didn't really explode until 2016 or so what? So feminisms just didn't exist until 2016? Rush Limbaugh didn't constantly use the term Feminazi in the early 90s? The gay rights movement didn't just start, it's been going for half a century. It's arguable that modern identity politics really began after Civil rights and the mad dash of Dixiecrats to the Republican party afterwards.