Here’s Why Democrats Must Not Abandon Identity Politics

The Daily Beast ^ | 20 Dec, 2016 | Craig Mills

[MtnClimber]

Identity politics, the liberal code word for their racism.

[Williams]

Wow, meritocracy is a “false premise”. Can we please defeat the left now, and chase them out of prominent positions? They are a disease.

[RedWulf]

Diversity is a code word for hunting down and killing all the white males.

[MtnClimber]

Yes, they hate meritocracy and that is why I exerpted to that sentence.

I was once in a very slow line at the post office where I knew almost all of the counter workers. I finally got to the counter where I knew the person who was a self admitted leftist. I said “it is so slow today”. He replied “THIS IS NOT A MERITOCRICY”.

[Intolerant in NJ]

But identities are vitally important in motivating voters. And besides, white people have them, too...yeah, but whites aren't supposed to be proud of their culture and identities - when they are, they're racists.....

[EDINVA]

because it’s all they got ??

[Chaguito]

Yes, please Democrats, keep up the identity politics. More, please.

[FlingWingFlyer]

So all of this business about men peeing in the ladies room is just politics? I figured as much.

[bigbob]

I had an old boss who used to say “I may be slow but I’m not stupid”. But liberals are both. WHen they see what the meritocracy Trump is putting together can accomplish they will be curled up in the fetal position, wimpering.

They’re starting to embarrass even themselves.

[MtnClimber]

Diversity is a code word for hunting down and killing all the white males. Many of them want a race war. I don't. I want this diverse country to live in peace and to work on the principle of meritocracy. But, I have a car rifle in case they start a war or skirmish that I cannot escape. Do they even know who they are threatening?

[NativeSon]

...because it asks them to subjugate their political goals to the larger group...

But THAT is THE foundation of the dems- dominance of majority over the minority. That is why they despise State's Rights, the Electoral College and our Constition.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Identity politics, the liberal code word for their racism.

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Yes, racial antagonism.

[MtnClimber]

And it is why the left want unlimited immigration of permanent dependent classes of people who will be held in government paid near-poverty to be additional democRAT voters who will overwhelm all working voters.

[Dogbert41]

The reason the LEFT hates Christianity is that it goes against the divide, cuts into all their little groups, and they cannot have that.

[MtnClimber]

The reason that the left hates Christianity is that the left instinctively chooses evil.

[NativeSon]

Exactly. Why else would Unions support the influx of millions of illegal, under the table workers? They won’t pay dues & will reduce the pay and number of U.S. union laborers across our country.

[Pinkbell]

Because Republicans want to win more elections! Please don’t abandon identity politics!

[nathanbedford]

Race and gender are outsized determinants that correlate closely with income, social outcomes…

Do race and gender also "correlate closely" with criminality, bastardy, unemployment, drug abuse, alcoholism, dependency?

Why is it desirable to associate distribution of wealth, income and social status with race but not criminality and other manifestations of social disintegration? Why is it illegitimate to associate "merit" with these matters? Why is the issue of race always the hammer and never the nail?

[Fungi]

Anything to fool the masses, anything except the truth.