• The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I believe it if they say that’s how it’s more often used, but the left by no means has a monopoly on identity politics.

    I mean, it’s not the side I see walking around wearing matching hats.

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      1 month ago

      I mean you could read the title.

      Study: To US Papers, ‘Identity Politics’ Is Mostly a Way to Sneer at the Left

      It says nothing about how only the left uses identity politics…

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        1 month ago

        I’m agreeing with the article, using an example to reiterate the article’s central message that there’s a discrepancy between how the term is usually directed vs reality.