Chapotraphouse

Maybe an unpopular opinion but I think the problem is compounded by the way identity politics has been melded with that liberal individualism. Identity politics is useful for describing and analysing political / material effects where identity plays a factor. But I’ve seen a swathe of arguments from the younger liberals that “a personal interaction which isn’t what I want” = “an attack on my group identity”. The over-conflation of the personal and collective damaging to the cause of liberation of marginalised groups imo