A lot of the discussion you’ll hear about “identity politics” focuses on how immoral and destructive it is, and for good reason. Judging people on the basis of characteristics they can’t control is wrong.
Decent people understand that. But a lesser-known side effect of identity politics is that it leaves the people who believe in it — the daytime anchors of MSNBC, for example — completely bewildered by major political events. Identity politics makes its adherents significantly dumber; there’s no other way to put it.
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