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In reply to the discussion: Is arguing that older elected officials should make way for younger ones "Identity Politics?" [View all]EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)Not sure what your point is or what you need help with.
And age is no more "tricky" than color or gender. We are frequently told that we shouldn't consider race and gender because that's "identity politics" but instead focus only on objective qualifications. But if considering race and gender are forbidden "identity politics," shouldn't the consideration of age also fall into that category? Yet folk have no qualms saying older politicians (e.g., Peloso, Biden, Feinstein, Sanders, Clinton...) should make way for younger people/fresh faces/new blood, etc. while people throw a fit the minute anyone suggests we should run a minority or a woman ("Stop with the identity politics! We need to run the most qualified person, period!" .
Mind you, I have no problem with considering any of those factors, whether one calls them "identity politics" or not since I think they are all valid things - along with numerous other factors - to look at in a candidate.