What an arbitrary stance. Why don't the last 1,000 years count? Can I still be mad at North Africans for the Barbary Slave Trade?
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America is only 250 years old? Just a thought...
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America is not the only multi-ethnic country. IdPol is international. This is such an American-centric mindset it boggles the mind.
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Yes. But the main point about his tweet was identity politics, which is ubiquitous.
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And this still doesn't answer my second part to the question. Do grievances stop being legitimate after 200 years? Seems arbitrary.
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All numbers are arbitrary by their nature. That doesn't mean you shouldn't use them.
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I guess I can have grievances that date back to the beginning of human history if I wanted to that I could demand people take legitimately.
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Identity politics been around that long? Give it up. Don't try to walk that BS back now.
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All politics are identity politics.
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Sure. But play language games and miss the point. Intentional?
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Every political movement in history results from the establishment of a personal or social identity and Libs are no different.
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Yes. This is why Sam Harris' tweets are so naive. Politicians seek power by division and exacerbation. People can self-sort if necessary.
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I can't help but think you are accidentally adding more fuel to the already blazing identity politics fire here.
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Maybe it's not accidental, given the choice to expand the original claim by tacking on the arbitrary 200 yr timeframe.
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No. the last 400 years of American history. You don't get where we are as a nation without Slavery and its legacy.
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2017-200=1817 That includes slavery
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An arbitrary, happenstance inclusion, without signifying that it is the ROOT cause of current events.
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But that's just because 200 years was an arbitrary, happenstance timeframe
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that's my point. Why even pick 200 years? Could have said 304 yrs. Or 211. Link it to its causation for clarity's sake.
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I say this as a fan (in general) Of Sam's.
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I know you're a fan, a tiny Twitter disagreement (seems like the wrong word) is hardly reason for me to question your ideology
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No, you're right, I'm just (like most of us) in shock and enraged about the events of the past 60 months. And yesterday. "Brights" unite!
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