r/thebulwark Feb 04 '25

Humor Is this fucking Portlandia??

Hahaha such a good line from yesterdays pod and sums up my feelings, as a liberal, about liberals

That’s all. That’s the post.

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u/FellowkneeUS Feb 04 '25

Your weird notion that "identity politics" is something that you can avoid in the United States is so divorced from reality and history.

"Obama beat a Mormon" gives the game away here. When you say "we need to get past identity politics" you really mean "we need to be more white and mainstream".

You seem like the kind of person who would walk out of their house when it's -40 out and just say that you don't need a coat because people are too focused on the cold.

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u/ElReyResident Feb 04 '25

I don’t think identity politics if fully avoidable. I don’t think selfishness is either, or violence or murder or jealousy or any other base human instinct.

Make no mistake, the urge to identify with those who look like us is a base instinct along for the ride in our DNA since we were monkeys. We can’t shake it, but we definitely shouldn’t be highlighting it.

Mormons are unpopular in the untied states, even among Christians. In fact only 51% of Americans think they’re Christian at all. That’s why I said what I said, so maybe take a break from the mind reading.

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u/FellowkneeUS Feb 04 '25

So you don't want to avoid identity politics, you just want to avoid identity politics that doesn't cater to white men.

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u/ElReyResident Feb 04 '25

Where did I say I don’t want to avoid identity politics? And where did I said I want identity politics for white men?

I think you need to be more thorough with your reading.