Even if identity politics is just solidarity along the lines of shared grievances, identity revocation politics is some ugly, ugly shit.
@StevenBrust You've seen it plenty, though, I bet. It's the politics of deciding who doesn't get to claim an identity marker any more.
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@StevenBrust The politics of trans communities misgendering trans personae non gratae, of who's out of the club for being white-passing.
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@chaosprime Oh. Yeah. Ew. -
@chaosprime It's like however erroneous middle-class positions might be (IMHO), overtly reactionary positions are much, much more revolting. -
@StevenBrust Well, I mean, the middle class thinks it shouldn't say "fuck" because it weirdly imagines that the ruling class doesn't. -
@StevenBrust Once somebody lays that trip on you, it's hard to credit them with even broken-clock levels of rightness.
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