This mode of white male identity politics often gets conflated with class politics. It happens because signifiers of working-class identity are inherently ambiguous, and underspecified populist discursive categories like "the people" and the "establishment" strategically enable this conflation.
Louis Römer
Graham Platner’s rocket to stardom reflects something ugly that’s developed, not only on the right, but the left: The only acceptable form of “identity politics” now is white male identity politics.
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Platner's rocket to stardom reflects something ugly that's developed, not only on the right but the left as well.
