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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
You mean like suggesting white folks shouldn't give a shit about civil rights?
Yeah, that's the basic core value of white supremacy. That's what I meant.
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No. I meant exactly the words I wrote. When you assume all members of a certain group should or must have the same views and grievances, you’re engaging in identity politics.
An example of this would be white males who think other white males should like what Trump is doing.
Another example would be someone thinking all Hispanics, Middle Easterners, or women should vote against Trump and be primarily focused on his past sex abuse or policies on immigration. This assumes these groups are monolithic, and that within them there aren’t divergent views.
Identity politics is not necessarily a terrible thing. The problem is, the groupings are too broad. You can’t say “All of X race feels this way” or “All of X sex feels this way,” etc. You have to break people down into much smaller groups. And even then, it misses many exceptions.
I understand we have no better measure for predicting votes. But when the broadest generalizations are treated as fact, and bitterly defended as truth (“No Hispanic may validly vote for Trump, and they will all vote against him based on immigration”) you’re letting a predictive tool become a moral totem. And that’s really divisive, and pretty dumb.
