I am so fed up with the argument "Don't address problems on the left coz it feeds the right." It isn't enough to point out the problems on the other side & call people names for voting for them. Isn't this clear yet? To get elected, the left needs to be credible & respectworthy.
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Look at why people say they voted Trump this time when they voted Obama last time. They felt that Hillary represented an elite which didn't care about the working class, authoritarian buttons got pushed by the refugee crisis. They felt that identity politics dominated the Left.
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“They felt that identity politics dominated the Left.” There’s a reason why they felt that. RW pundits & YouTube talking heads told them, & still do, over & over again. I’m a little cynical of their love bombing of you guys right now unless I see a behaviour change from them.
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S'OK. The loons have soured on me coz I said I oppose shitting down identity studies courses.
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James told Vox that he is in favor of shutting down identity studies. You all need to get your stories straight
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I note the article doesn’t quote his words & you haven’t acknowledged the caveat. It’s not unreasonable to opine that if one can’t tell the difference between their good scholarship & bad how can one trust any of it.
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The article does quote him. Do you feel the same in regards to Economic Studies?
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Sigh, of course it’s quoted him, but it hasn’t quoted the sentence you’re upset by. And in response to your whataboutism question, the field of economics revealed its huge flaws in 2008 & still hasn’t fixed the problem although ppl are working on it
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If bringing up Economics is whataboutism than this entire study is an exercise in whataboutism.
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I agree it’s all too often hard for the left to engage honestly with raw data at this point. But it is unfortunate that the mostly-right wing generated specter of Islam is what needs rebutting at this point. They’re controlling the narrative here.
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