Identity Politics

[EgoDeath]

Is it possible that it didn't create the tribal atmosphere...but that instead..as the author argues, the tribal atmosphere has always existed and is the mode under which we all operate?  That failure to acknowledge this produces tribal disparity?  That all politics, fundamentally, are identity politics?

Similarly, and as I was putting to yon, do you think it might be possible that "identity politics" has been weaponized as a way to make you eat your own by your identity opponents, not other leftists, but those in the right?  That they've successfully framed the issue and infiltrated your groups cultural content to your detriment in absence of facts?

Isn't it possible that this tribal atmosphere exists because of identity politics? Where is the evidence that all politics are identity politics? Where is the evidence that this is being weaponized by my "identity opponents?" Is it possible that you're assuming that I even have "identity opponents?" Isn't it possible that my opponents simply oppose my ideas and not my entire identity? Is the only summation of your identity the ideas you hold and nothing more? Can't we all just ask questions and wait for someone else to make a statement so we can retort with memorized talking points we learned from some book we read?

Isn't it possible you took one political science class at a community college in Colorado and now think you're an expert in politics?

Sure, plenty of things are possible. But the fact is, opposing someone's ideas is not opposing their identity. That's a false equivalence.