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2016 Postmortem

SaschaHM

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8. TIL "Identity Politics" and "Being PC" mean something else when Bernie says it.

Reply to La Lioness Priyanka (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 14, 2016, 01:25 PM

Dec 2016

For once, I'd love it if the folks that rushed to defend him on these things actually listened to what he said. Just like I wish they'd listen to him when he says he is not a democrat.

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There seems to be a lot of handwringing about the term Identity Politics and what it means [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 OP

Are you pulling my leg? NCTraveler Dec 2016 #1

lol. wish i were pulling your leg. La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #2

well terms mean whatever they do by the person using them.Words mean different things in JCanete Dec 2016 #3

in sanders case he used it incorrectly. he was talking about tokenism and called it identity La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #4

TIL "Identity Politics" and "Being PC" mean something else when Bernie says it. SaschaHM Dec 2016 #8

I was just excoriated for be "party of politics" WhiteTara Dec 2016 #11

We may be living "post-truth," but we're not "post-dictionary" yet. BobbyDrake Dec 2016 #5

+1 La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #6

Language is far more living and evolving than that. It wasn't handed down on tablets from heaven. JCanete Dec 2016 #7

language evolves, but this was just straight up incorrect usage of a RW term that derides civil La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #10

Who's wringing their hands? White dudes? nt LexVegas Dec 2016 #9

Shhh! WhiteTara Dec 2016 #12