• metaStatic@kbin.earth
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    13 hours ago

    mainstream culture

    Talk to any random person on the street and they don’t fucking care about identity politics.

    Extremists are not the mainstream no matter how much they shout about it.

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      13 hours ago

      No, most people aren’t going out of their way to hurt trans people, but those loud extremists are creating a negative connotation in some people’s minds. That’s no different from racism.

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        12 hours ago

        Extremists on both sides are a problem, so when you say “those loud extremists” a reasonable person would have no idea who you’re talking about. I think you’re correct in either instance, but I doubt that’s what you where going for.

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          Oh. My bad. I thought a reasonable person would assume I meant the loud extremists that match the topic of this post.

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      10 hours ago

      There’s a reason conservatives campaign against “woke.” And most conservatives I know socially called the election a win against woke, even if they couldn’t exactly name a woke policy that Harris proposed.

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        Harris explicitly didn’t play identity politics, and I applaud her for it. I think the left is starting to realise even people who agree with them dislike being told what to think … one can dream right.

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          I like your dream and fully agree on Harris.

          Sadly (though I am admittedly a pessimist and would love to be wrong) I think the Left elites/party brass are coming to that realization on identity politics. But I dont think mainstream/cultural Left is and unfortunately, I think Right and centre Right curious voters view the political and cultural Left as the same.