Anyone could have seen the untapped rage in that movement. It was trivial to tap that for political gain.
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That childish outraged bubbled upward, using the same channels built to pass entitlement on through the generations.
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I also think back to stuff like the "outrage" over the Starbucks Christmas cups and how that was essentially a viral fake news test.
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Yes because conception and popularity are precisely the same thing.
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I didn't claim the term started with that.
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Yeah, I was talking about the violence in Berkeley being perpetrated by mostly young white men.
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Try reading, I didn't say the term was invented then. Also:https://twitter.com/EmilyGorcenski/status/853990616081981440 …
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"Well we didn't literally invent putting the words in this order we just literally made it orders of magnitude more popular."
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It's even more infuriating when concern trolls on the left say, "well, it's our own fault for caring so much about 'identity politics'."
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They're not concerned about the real people hurt by the wall and the travel ban, but it's so annoying we called out the racism behind them.
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Guess what, assholes? It's not called "identity politics" it's called "civil rights". And you can't have real left-wing populism without it.
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There are plenty of examples of leftists who thought the civil rights of all people were irrelevant. A good example is the U.S.S.R.
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The phrase "Social Justice Warrior" can actually be traced back to the Nazis and Hitler's regime
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Yes but its popularity can be traced via trends to gamergate
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Sure- I was just referencing where those who infused the "gamer gate" virtual mob likely pulled the phrase from-
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--a nod to their organic aspirations, no doubt.
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