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I agree 100% with what he said, and I've said the same thing many times on here.
Many of the "anti identity politics" group of self-labeled conservatives are actually entirely interested in their own brand of identity politics. They are also not all that interested in conservative policy, which is why they think @panamaican is a liberal. I've actually seen him called a SJW several times. Why? Pretty much just because he is thoughtful and empathetic. One time somebody blamed his SJW beliefs on his brown skinned wife. Keep in mind, this is an actual conservative. He just is not interested in their nasty identity politics games.
I've dealt with quite a bit of the same. I think that most of the time we keep the bar set very low for a lot of posters here, and only say something when it's way over the line.
They also love virtue signaling of their own identity politics.
The NC bathroom bill was pure virtue signaling by the NC GOP legislature. I live in Philly which has vibrant LGBTQ community I've never noticed a trans hanging the bathroom and I've never heard any of the chicks I know talking about it so I highly doubt this was a huge problem in NC that needed legislation. But it was a nice PR win to let the Trannys know they aren't welcome
The Border Wall is the same thing. I've pointed out numerous times that illegal immigration has been on the down turn for a decade but now all of the sudden a Border Wall is imperative?