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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Well, your island has never existed. Only my island exists, and it's basically taken years for multiple groups of that island not to be treated like human garbage. What fantasy are you living in? Did you forget what island you're on? Did you forget that slavery, racism, genocide based on religion, race, etc ever existed? You are ON the unpleasant island. You have been on it your entire life. Wake up!
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And have you missed the progress that has taken place over the last 50 years? Where has that progress taken place? And why has that progress taken place? Answers those questions and you might see why identity politics is inimical to liberalism, and is a dead-end when it comes to tolerance, progress, and individual liberty.
I can't begin to get my head around the notion that the way to address centuries of prejudice where people were regarded as members of a group and not individuals is to regard people as members of a group and not as individuals.