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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
And that isn't just an attitude of complacent, white males. Only a quarter of Canadian women self-identify as feminists. Most visible minorities aren't on the identity politics bandwagon - they just want to be left alone and treated like everybody else. You can call them lazy and uninformed. But for the most part they're people who recognize that we have it really good compared to other places and other times, and it's much more likely that a revolution or ideological war would make matters worse than make them better.
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And do you know how you get to the point where you're left alone and treated like everyone else?
It takes vocal feminists to push legislators to protect women's rights. It takes vocal LGBT advocates to push for hate crime laws and housing/employment protection. It takes vocal advocates against racially unjust policing/sentencing to help black communities just be left alone, etc.
It's all well and good to say you want to just be left alone and treated like everyone else, but without someone to advocate for your rights and freedoms and protections, without those "identity politics" libertarians love to whine about, you don't have the ability to just be left alone and treated equally, because those in power will take your rights away the minute they get the chance.