I don't think the throat-clearing phrase "Speaking as a..." is particularly bad. Yes, it frequently prefixes identitarian power-games, but it can also serve as a valid skin-in-the-game signal, in an era where nearly everyone speaks nonsense nearly all the time.
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Replying to @St_Rev
I generally find the opposite, that it is an invalid "You're not a . . . so you can't know" dismissive, exclusionary phrase.
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"Yes, it frequently prefixes identitarian power-games"
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