ext_299122 ([identity profile] montecristo.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2011-06-16 01:50 am (UTC)

Essentials matter

Identity politics could stand a good period of coalition building across communities...

Collectivisms, such as nationalism, racism, sexism, and the various forms of tribalism are inherently exclusionary. What you're saying in the quoted phrase is a contradiction, an oxymoron. "Identity politics" is inherently tribalistic and divicive.

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