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Feb 28, 2020 40 tweets 6 min read
The Voxiest Vox article imaginable: There’s nothing wrong with identity politics; in fact we need more of it!

Here's a thread explaining why that’s exactly backwards. Sorry for the length but there’s a lot to unpack here!

vox.com/2020/2/20/2095… First of all, never take an article seriously that contains the line “All politics is, in a certain sense, identity politics.” It reveals a complete lack of serious thinking on the subject. People can indeed pursue politics based identity, as when they vote for someone who