That's kind of the big thing with identity politics: when applied properly (read: when you're not looking for an excuse to be the sort of oppressive asshole that we rightly revile the white supremacist power structure for being), it can be a beautiful thing, letting the people in on a whole new culture, and maybe give you enough parallels between different types of oppression that one group can empathise with another's pain, which could hopefully lead to solidarity and another group of allies to help create something new.
And then, we get some people who are only in it for their own sake (or their own particular Volk), rejecting common ground, insisting that their pain, their history, and their oppressions are the only ones that matter, not breaking down barriers, but seeking to reinforce them, hopefully with themselves on top. And, in the end, nothing is accomplished. Or, if anything is, it'll boil down to this:
And then, we get some people who are only in it for their own sake (or their own particular Volk), rejecting common ground, insisting that their pain, their history, and their oppressions are the only ones that matter, not breaking down barriers, but seeking to reinforce them, hopefully with themselves on top. And, in the end, nothing is accomplished. Or, if anything is, it'll boil down to this:
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
