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Cha

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4. How the Right Wing Weaponizes Identity Politics
Mon May 8, 2017, 11:42 PM
May 2017

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It is the right wing that frames Black Lives Matter as a threat to police officers and public safety. It is the right wing that frames immigrants as a threat to citizens. It is the right wing that frames women’s rights as a threat to men. And, as we are about to witness tomorrow, it is the right wing that frames the rights of LGBT as a threat to religious freedom. In other words, it is the right wing that frames these issues as simply “identity politics” that somehow pose a threat to white Christian heterosexual men.

It is high time that liberals and Democrats quit buying into those narratives and start reminding people of this country’s de facto motto: e pluribus unum.

More..
http://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/05/03/how-the-right-wing-weaponizes-identity-politics/

Mahalo for your post, STC.. We'll see what happens.

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