• agamemnonymous
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    What I read is his friends identified him as economically leftist, but took issue with identity politics

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      Which depending on context could be as simple as “I dont care ill mind my own business you mind yours.” which I suspect is what most folks opinions boil down to.

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      Identity politics will be the downfall of democracy if Democrats don’t stop that bullshit

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        Why do you blame Democrats for identity politics and not Republicans for passing laws based on identity politics?

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          Because that’s what Republican voters want and that’s enough for them. They vote on spite and hate and the GOP feeds them it

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          5 hours ago

          Still do it, just don’t base your entire platform on it. It’s not that hard to understand but most democrat politicians can’t

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            Agreed there, democrats continue to refuse to challenge their economic masters and try to use identity politics as a sop