America Divided: It Starts With the Democratic Party
Oct 13th, 2017 11 min read
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Identity politics not only permeates our public life, it is the reigning ideology and public face of the Democratic Party, having displaced the older class-based redistributionism of FDR and LBJ. On the whole, the Democratic Party today is more committed to championing the grievances, real or perceived, of so-called marginalized communities than to defending the interests of the working class (and, oftentimes, to actually advancing the interests of either).
In fact, Democratic leaders have a hard time sympathizing with the majority of Americans who do not belong to a recognized identity group and reside in what is dismissively called “flyover country.†Hillary Clinton’s comment about the irredeemable “basket of deplorables†merely voiced a widespread sentiment among elite liberals.
In the world of identity politics, it turns out that not all identities are created equal: one identity — the one that could be applied to the majority of Americans — is forced to bear the nation’s sins. In the academy, where leftist ideas are developed before being released into the national bloodstream, identity politics is slowly morphing into a neo-segregationist, anti-white ideology (that is also anti-Christian, anti-male, and of course, anti-American). In the past year, there have been efforts on college campuses to exclude white students from certain dorms (the University of Connecticut), dining spaces (American University), safe spaces (Claremont McKenna College), and the campus as a whole for a “white people free day†(Evergreen State College).
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/america-divided-it-starts-the-democratic-partyIf Democrats want to blame anyone they should look in the mirror.
And God, I hope and pray Donald Trump doesn't play those cards too. There are two roads. One is a road of division that breeds hate. The other is the intent of the Founders of this Great Nation that all men are created equal.
And God, I hope and pray Donald Trump doesn't play those cards too. There are two roads. One is a road of division that breeds hate. The other is the intent of the Founders of this Great Nation that all men are created equal.