Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · edit-23 days agoLGBTQ+ leader Evan Low: Democrats should talk about ‘kitchen table issues, not about identity’www.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up18
arrow-up18external-linkLGBTQ+ leader Evan Low: Democrats should talk about ‘kitchen table issues, not about identity’www.politico.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · edit-23 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squareSuiXi3D@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoSeriously. It doesn’t matter how people identify, they’re all people. And people right now are beaten, broken, and poor.
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 days agoIdeally it wouldn’t matter. But when people are treated badly because they are not white or not cisgender or not straight, identity becomes a necessary and important tool for unity and resistance. Identity is a political thing.
Seriously. It doesn’t matter how people identify, they’re all people. And people right now are beaten, broken, and poor.
Ideally it wouldn’t matter. But when people are treated badly because they are not white or not cisgender or not straight, identity becomes a necessary and important tool for unity and resistance. Identity is a political thing.