Hickak@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoAre most people here left-wing?message-squaremessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down115
arrow-up184arrow-down1message-squareAre most people here left-wing?Hickak@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square142fedilink
minus-squareTriasha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 hours agoMinority groups didn’t make up identity politics, majority groups did, when they engaged in oppression of minorities. Queer people don’t have that much in common. Straight people forced us to band together for our rights. Gay people don’t have much in common with trans people, but straight people can’t tell us apart/treat us the same so we band together. Disabled people, people of color, it’s similar stories.
Minority groups didn’t make up identity politics, majority groups did, when they engaged in oppression of minorities.
Queer people don’t have that much in common. Straight people forced us to band together for our rights.
Gay people don’t have much in common with trans people, but straight people can’t tell us apart/treat us the same so we band together.
Disabled people, people of color, it’s similar stories.