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In reply to the discussion: Buttigieg calls out Democrats for playing 'identity politics' [View all]femmedem
(8,201 posts)29. Thank you! As I suspected, the article is nothing like what he said.
He begins by saying the term identity politics is being used primarily by the right as a way of distracting attention from the ways different groups' lived experiences differ.
That article is like opposite world.
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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the trans woman is more likely to face unemployment and be discriminated from getting a job
JI7
May 2019
#3
isn't it mostly right wing white men who are passing all the anti woman bills across the country ?
JI7
May 2019
#4
The headline and opening paragraph seem to put an inflammatory spin on his remarks.
femmedem
May 2019
#5
Identity politics wasn't created by the groups affected. it was a forced response to
Kurt V.
May 2019
#8
He always gets it right. They're having a new documentary on MSNBC about radicalizing young people
pdsimdars
May 2019
#12
He's talking about a particular style that accentuates divisions rather than heals them.
marylandblue
May 2019
#15
Acknowledging that people face different oppressions that must be dismantled in different ways
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2019
#17
Pete's is the good Democratic Party message: that we have more uniting than dividing us.
ancianita
May 2019
#24