This is not a remotely unique take, but 15 years ago I remember arguing with libs in meetings about how if you didn't tie the language of identity politics to anything you were asking for reactionaries and capitalists to use it against you.

Flash forward to this week and I've personally seen at least half a dozen articles (mostly from the same ghouls as the start of the Syrian civil war and before with Iraq) framing former Al-Qaeda & ISIS forces as 'woke'.

Absolutely cursed escalation far beyond the usual powers of