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The left didn't make victimization a core tenet of identity politics. The left made power differences et abuse of power the core tenet of its politics - and the
by aredox 3y ago
The left didn't make victimization a core tenet of identity politics. The left made power differences et abuse of power the core tenet of its politics - and the right caricaturize it as only "playing" the victim - the extreme version being the constant accusations of "crisis actors" lobbed by Alex Jones and co.
This is a gross deformation/strawman argumentation.
- subjectsigma 3y agoYou called me out for strawmanning, used the most extreme and atypical person you could think of in your argument (Alex Jones) in a way that only tenuously makes sense, while simultaneously admitting that your example is extreme? Maybe you should have replied with a third attempt at something coherent. Third times the charm, as they say
- aredox 3y agoAlex Jones is not "the most extreme and atypical person" on the right, he is saying openly what the right thinks quietly: https://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/02/politics/donald-trump-praises-9-11-truther-alex-jones/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/02/politics/donald-trump-pra... https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-jr-likes-conspiracy-theory-about-florida-shooting-survivors-ex-fbi-dad https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-jr-likes-conspira...