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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
What you're talking about is the precise inversion of identity politics. It says, "there's nothing different about me because I'm black, there's nothing different about me because I'm a woman, that's relevant to how society should treat me. Treat me the same way you'd treat me if I were white, treat me the same way as you would if I were a man. Judge me on my merits as an individual, not my racial or gender identity." That erases difference.
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Okay, but society does treat them differently based on these characteristics and their experiences are different, so they should just shut up about it because that's not how it should be in your ideal world scenario?
If you've never been on an airplane, you're probably not going to know what flying on an airplane feels like or why someone might have a fear of it. You might have some semblance of an idea from listening to other people describe it to you, or from watching movies but it's preposterous to suggest you're actually going to know what it feels like to fly.
Do you think you get the same fear of immintent death, terror, and the resulting PTSD from watching war movies as soldiers do from actually being in a warzone? Do you honestly think the middle-age, male legislators, who are trying to outlaw abortions are going to experience the same level of fear of an illegal abortion as a 15 year-old pregnant girl?