100% sure, in most cases, it’s being uncomfortable owning up to how they might have benefited from structures of oppression. Liberal brainworms they picked up from birth causing cognitive dissonance with what they’re learning about how capitalism works.
So it’s easier to just essentialize everything down to class bc then you don’t have to unpack the complexities of how it’s woven into identity and all the uncomfortable conversations and thoughts that come with it
If thats actually what they care about though its counterproductive at best to post shit mocking identity politics as a whole, and thats if you intepret them in the more favorable light.
I'm not saying it's the best choice of how to get their point across, I'm just pointing out they're not ignoring intersectionality - without the title you could argue they were.
I don't get how intersectionality is so hard for these people to understand.
100% sure, in most cases, it’s being uncomfortable owning up to how they might have benefited from structures of oppression. Liberal brainworms they picked up from birth causing cognitive dissonance with what they’re learning about how capitalism works.
So it’s easier to just essentialize everything down to class bc then you don’t have to unpack the complexities of how it’s woven into identity and all the uncomfortable conversations and thoughts that come with it
To be fair they explicitly said identify politics without class.
If thats actually what they care about though its counterproductive at best to post shit mocking identity politics as a whole, and thats if you intepret them in the more favorable light.
I'm not saying it's the best choice of how to get their point across, I'm just pointing out they're not ignoring intersectionality - without the title you could argue they were.