That was certainly the most well-rounded description of "identity politics" I've read. I sometimes suspect people like T have the social version of a fetish when it comes to the suffering of individuals from historically marginalized communities. Every new incident is an endorphin rush.
Another tragic irony: for a guy who identifies himse…
That was certainly the most well-rounded description of "identity politics" I've read. I sometimes suspect people like T have the social version of a fetish when it comes to the suffering of individuals from historically marginalized communities. Every new incident is an endorphin rush.
Another tragic irony: for a guy who identifies himself by a single capital letter, he sure is quick to abandon capitalization in his writing.
"I sometimes suspect people like T have the social version of a fetish when it comes to the suffering of individuals from historically marginalized communities"
Spot on. Fetish is exactly the word. Which is why, in part, it's so impervious to reason.
That was certainly the most well-rounded description of "identity politics" I've read. I sometimes suspect people like T have the social version of a fetish when it comes to the suffering of individuals from historically marginalized communities. Every new incident is an endorphin rush.
Another tragic irony: for a guy who identifies himself by a single capital letter, he sure is quick to abandon capitalization in his writing.
"I sometimes suspect people like T have the social version of a fetish when it comes to the suffering of individuals from historically marginalized communities"
Spot on. Fetish is exactly the word. Which is why, in part, it's so impervious to reason.