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Solly Mack

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4. White supremacy is identity politics.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2026, 11:12 AM

Friday

Same with the patriarchymisogyny. Favoring straight and Christian - all identity politics.

But because some folks see straight, white, Christian and male as some sort of norm, as "the" standard, they don't see it as identify politics - and that inability to see it only serves to highlight their bigotry.

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