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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIdentity Politics, Social Justice Warriors, and Virtue Signaling are pejoratives coined by the right
No progressive should ever use them!
ck4829
(35,100 posts)Last edited Mon Jan 16, 2017, 12:58 PM - Edit history (1)
They are straw men when used by the right, period.
uponit7771
(90,379 posts)brush
(54,003 posts)Squinch
(51,105 posts)let go of identity politics" are not our friends.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)and then really consider the message of the one using the term.
Sid
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)using concepts borrowed from civil rights movements like SNCC and the Black Panthers.
Google is your friend.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)Do you have any more cliches ?
Some folks are so far center they land on the right.
treestar
(82,383 posts)FarCenter
(19,429 posts)And even cursory research will reveal that the term "identity politics" was used first by left political movements.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)linuxman
(2,337 posts)Covering your car with Jesus stickers, wearing an NRA hat, telling everyone on Facebook or DU every time you gave $2 to a homeless person, wearing a BLM shirt, etc are all forms of virtue signaling, and is is done in about equal measure from both sides, near as I can tell. I know I do it.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)It depends on who is doing the signaling and who thinks what is virtuous.
Jacob Boehme
(789 posts)Trouble is, grandpa Ron didn't have a frigging clue what messages his handlers were having him blather about.... but the intended recipients of those messages did: subtle racism, hyper-conservationism and irrational domestic and international policies that only benefited a few. Here's a good dossier in good old uncle Ronnie's dirty-deeds if you're interested: https://soapboxie.com/us-politics/21reasonsReaganwasaterriblepresident
But now with the ascendancy of "Mister Delusions of Grandeur" himself to the seat of our nation's power, all the nicety's of a 'passive aggressive' presidency will be left bleeding in the gutter.
This will be a full-on mortal-combat cage match presidency with every conceivable abomination that's buried in our national psyche given voice by this truly deranged individual. May God help us all.
Initech
(100,174 posts)Identity politics? The right uses more buzz words and labels in identifying themselves than we do.
Social justice warriors? When they advocate for far right causes like squashing LGBT rights, and calling stores out for not saying Jesus' name enough, that is being a social justice warrior.
Virtue signaling? The right loves to claim Jesus as their own, while dismissing any other opinions.
Mendocino
(7,537 posts)family values and tree hugger...ughhh!
I don't just hug trees, I kiss them too.
Gothmog
(146,209 posts)The terms "identity politics" and "social justice warriors" are really offensive to me
hells
(141 posts)Republicans favorite. Don the con usually screams how this country is so "pc" but if you dare to mock him in any way he will immediately threaten to sue you or send the irs after you. Remember - you should not be pc as long as you're not against us.
Gothmog
(146,209 posts)I was disgusted when Sanders used this RW term http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sanders-boston-speech-identity-class-politics
I cannot imagine an actual member of the Democratic party using this right wing terminology
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)Gothmog
(146,209 posts)But Sanders has adopted it because he wants to sell books to trump supporters
DemocratSinceBirth
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