Ryder Spearmann
Aug 28, 2017 · 1 min read

Identity politics is extremely simple.

Classic liberalism is all about the rights of the individual.

Identity politics is about group identity.

I’m not a man, I’m black.

I’m not a man, I’m a gay black disabled… (three memberships)

The idea is to use the power of a group instead of relying on the power of an idea.

Identity politics conjures up notions of “group rights”… which is antithetical to individual rights.

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