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3. Same here. Black women save our democracy over and over.

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When a group in power oppresses another group because of its identity, it's impossible to fight it without naming it, WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2025 #1

Whiskey Grinder - "Why are you trying to control someone else's identity?" LAS14 Nov 2025 #18

It's none of your business how other people describe themselves. yardwork Nov 2025 #21

. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2025 #25

I (white woman) think I have come to the conclusion that the politically rational thing to do Scrivener7 Nov 2025 #2

Same here. Black women save our democracy over and over. yardwork Nov 2025 #3

White America has been doing identity politics Keepthesoulalive Nov 2025 #4

All I can think of, too. LAS14 Nov 2025 #5

Why is that totally ineffective? yardwork Nov 2025 #9

Why would they stop just because I asked them to? nt LAS14 Nov 2025 #12

So why are you asking the victims to stop complaining? yardwork Nov 2025 #15

I'm not asking the victims to stop complaining. They have to complain. LAS14 Nov 2025 #19

Why? yardwork Nov 2025 #23

Minorities can't fix your problems Keepthesoulalive Nov 2025 #14

How about we stop calling discrimination "identity politics" and call it discrimination. Quiet Em Nov 2025 #6

I was referring to "identity politics" as what people are forced... LAS14 Nov 2025 #13

What. yardwork Nov 2025 #16

I agree with WhiskeyGrinder's questions but I'll be even more pointed. yardwork Nov 2025 #7

Response to Yardwork LAS14 Nov 2025 #27

You're so close to asking the right question leftstreet Nov 2025 #29

Identity politics is a rightwing framework LearnedHand Nov 2025 #8

I never thought of it as right wing. I just thought of it as... LAS14 Nov 2025 #28

There was never an off-ramp for identity politics leftstreet Nov 2025 #10

It does not follow Torchlight Nov 2025 #11

Where did you get "ignore" from my post? LAS14 Nov 2025 #30

You call it both "a trap" as well as a "handy tool for discourse" Torchlight Nov 2025 #33

Oh brother obamanut2012 Nov 2025 #17

Whenever discriminatory behavior or actions aim at any particular group, MineralMan Nov 2025 #20

Thanks for addressing my question! LAS14 Nov 2025 #31

You know what also divides us? Racism. Happy Hoosier Nov 2025 #22

Except black Americans were left out Keepthesoulalive Nov 2025 #24

That's the point. Happy Hoosier Nov 2025 #32

Anything that isn't 100% about lifting up straight, white, right wing, Bettie Nov 2025 #26