There seems to be a lot of handwringing about the term Identity Politics and what it means

[La Lioness Priyanka]

it does not mean voting for a woman because you are a woman.

it mean voting for a person who will most further your feminist agenda, if you are a feminist.

voting for a person who will further your queer agenda, if you prioritize gay rights.

it is voting for the person who most aligns with the identity that is salient to you politically.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_politics

This is why no one on this board who identifies as a feminist voted for Sarah Palin, but plenty voted for Obama and HRC.

[NCTraveler]

1. Are you pulling my leg?

This makes way too much sense.

K&R

Additional +1 for showing the proper use of "agenda" when referenced with these terms.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. lol. wish i were pulling your leg.

[JCanete]

3. well terms mean whatever they do by the person using them.Words mean different things in

different contexts. Philosophers spend their early chapters defining those. In Sander's case, he defined his use of the term also.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. in sanders case he used it incorrectly. he was talking about tokenism and called it identity

politics.

[SaschaHM]

8. TIL "Identity Politics" and "Being PC" mean something else when Bernie says it.

For once, I'd love it if the folks that rushed to defend him on these things actually listened to what he said. Just like I wish they'd listen to him when he says he is not a democrat.

[WhiteTara]

11. I was just excoriated for be "party of politics"

but I do remember what he said, both before and during the election and it seems that he has his own agenda.

[BobbyDrake]

5. We may be living "post-truth," but we're not "post-dictionary" yet.

Words have definitive meanings, actually. And "context" and "definition" are two entirely separate concepts.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. +1

[JCanete]

7. Language is far more living and evolving than that. It wasn't handed down on tablets from heaven.

Words that meant one thing 50 years ago might mean something different today. Usage, whether in your opinion faulty or not, changes meaning.

That said, I'm not invested in saying we should be redefining identity politics. Sanders probably should have used tokenism instead, since identity politics seems to commonly imply that the policies are addressing the needs of these identity groups.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

10. language evolves, but this was just straight up incorrect usage of a RW term that derides civil

rights coalitions.

[LexVegas]

9. Who's wringing their hands? White dudes? nt

[WhiteTara]

12. Shhh!

Yes.