Identity Politics, Social Justice Warriors, and Virtue Signaling are pejoratives coined by the right

[DemocratSinceBirth]

No progressive should ever use them!

[ck4829]

1. Put "political correctness" in that same bin

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They are straw men when used by the right, period.

[dalton99a]

6. +1

[uponit7771]

20. +1, its all "political correctness" until the racial supremacist are derisively defined

[brush]

2. Not even Bernie Sanders? That's one of the buzzwords he uses against the Dem party

[Squinch]

3. Identity politics is just a pejorative for the fight for Civil Rights. Those who say, "we have to

let go of identity politics" are not our friends.

[SidDithers]

4. Every time you hear "identity politics", replace it with "civil rights"...

and then really consider the message of the one using the term.

Sid

[FarCenter]

5. "identity politics" was coined by early feminist and gay movements

using concepts borrowed from civil rights movements like SNCC and the Black Panthers.

Google is your friend.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. "Google is your friend. "

Do you have any more cliches ?





Some folks are so far center they land on the right.

[treestar]

8. Doesn't mean the right didn't hijack it

[FarCenter]

9. The OP didn't say "hijacked by"; it said coined by

And even cursory research will reveal that the term "identity politics" was used first by left political movements.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. It depends on what the meaning of is is.

[linuxman]

11. Virtue signaling is applicable to both.

Covering your car with Jesus stickers, wearing an NRA hat, telling everyone on Facebook or DU every time you gave $2 to a homeless person, wearing a BLM shirt, etc are all forms of virtue signaling, and is is done in about equal measure from both sides, near as I can tell. I know I do it.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. That is a cogent observation.

It depends on who is doing the signaling and who thinks what is virtuous.

[Jacob Boehme]

13. Yes, and you can thank Ronnie Ray Guns for getting this ball rolling.

Ronnie, yes congenial old Ronnie modernized the 'passive aggressive' presidency. His handlers whispered in his ear what lines they wanted him to say and good old grandpa Ron barfed it out on the stage and screen like the actor he really was.

Trouble is, grandpa Ron didn't have a frigging clue what messages his handlers were having him blather about.... but the intended recipients of those messages did: subtle racism, hyper-conservationism and irrational domestic and international policies that only benefited a few. Here's a good dossier in good old uncle Ronnie's dirty-deeds if you're interested: https://soapboxie.com/us-politics/21reasonsReaganwasaterriblepresident

But now with the ascendancy of "Mister Delusions of Grandeur" himself to the seat of our nation's power, all the nicety's of a 'passive aggressive' presidency will be left bleeding in the gutter.

This will be a full-on mortal-combat cage match presidency with every conceivable abomination that's buried in our national psyche given voice by this truly deranged individual. May God help us all.

[Initech]

14. And the right is far guiltier of these things than we are!

Identity politics? The right uses more buzz words and labels in identifying themselves than we do.

Social justice warriors? When they advocate for far right causes like squashing LGBT rights, and calling stores out for not saying Jesus' name enough, that is being a social justice warrior.

Virtue signaling? The right loves to claim Jesus as their own, while dismissing any other opinions.

[Mendocino]

15. Also nanny state,

family values and tree hugger...ughhh!

I don't just hug trees, I kiss them too.

[Gothmog]

16. Agreed

The terms "identity politics" and "social justice warriors" are really offensive to me

[hells]

17. And the funniest would be "political correctness"

Republicans favorite. Don the con usually screams how this country is so "pc" but if you dare to mock him in any way he will immediately threaten to sue you or send the irs after you. Remember - you should not be pc as long as you're not against us.

[Gothmog]

18. Sanders Urges Supporters: Ditch Identity Politics....

I was disgusted when Sanders used this RW term http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sanders-boston-speech-identity-class-politics

In a speech Sunday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) urged attendees to move away from “identity politics”....

I cannot imagine an actual member of the Democratic party using this right wing terminology

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. I don't want to get in that briar patch but that terminology should be the province of the right.

[Gothmog]

21. Agreed

But Sanders has adopted it because he wants to sell books to trump supporters

[DemocratSinceBirth]

22. Anybody who uses the terms in my OP is not my ally!!!