Not to indulge in TheBore massive circle jerk ("We're so free spirited here !") but I don't think we already had the Bore Party Congress to define the position of "us guys".
Also I dunno, I'm not sure which post you're actually mentioning ? Yours ?
To quote
"I firmly believe that PoC are getting screwed horribly by institutional racism. I also firmly believe that most whites face minimal to no untoward consequences for the color of their skin, and anyone part of this group facing issues is largely hallucinating and / or victim of technological or economic disruption.
That said, I'm not a fan of identity politics and feel that crouching one's experiences and calls for action within the format of identity plays into FOX's hands because even people on the left use identity poorly, isolating themselves through action and language at times. "If you're not me, you can't understand me" - that sort of thing.
Identity politics, though, is useful in the sense of calling out early any inversion or corruption of more widely, deeply held American / national principles. Calls to those principles - various freedoms, constitutional intentions writ large - and tying of one's negative identity experience to them can be used to find common ground and coalition, even among those without those personal experiences. I believe there is room for shared outrage, especially on the left but even more broadly, even if there cannot be shared experience. I can never fully understand the experience of a black, lesbian, Muslim woman in our society, but I would like to think that I could sympathize and be suitably, politically propelled by her narrative.
And that's frankly what we need: To gain coalition on principles that a larger audience adhere to and support, even where experience cannot be shared, not use language that is easy to misconstrue as isolating or more cynically characterized as entitled or "playing the victim". Because we only ever get out of this trouble and push through these injustices by voting together through shared purpose and concern.
So long as people on the left foolishly use identity politics to segregate themselves from one another, rather than call on a shared desire for adherence to core principles, we lack momentum in casting votes. And that's self-defeating, dooming those who face real injustice to continue in that cycle.
Sorry if this seems a bit meandering, I just have real concerns that the left faces fragmentation as a voting bloc in elections where the right does not. "
End quote.
Me personally I think this is a very reasoned response but I assume what many of you spoke about is that some posters might attack an opinion like this and say that it's racist without even thinking or actually responding correct?
