So, in news that surprises no one, "latinx" terminology goes over with the latino community like a lead balloon. I don't really have a lot to say about this, I just wanted to bring it up because I just find it to be a hilarious instance of identity politics eating itself. On the one hand you have the anti racist people who are so hardcore on letting POC speak and not imposing their cultural norms on them, and then you have the more anti sexist people doing crap like this. And when the different idpol factions start conflicting with each other, wars break out. We saw it with dave chappelle recently with him using black identity politics against the trans community to pull a form of suffering olympics, and in the more distant past, I remember the 2008 primary was a dumpster fire of this stuff.
I mean, this stuff is a joke of an ideology. It means well, but in practice it just leads to hyper factionalism and purity testing. It's just stupid. Like, spanish is a highly gendered language, and these guys trying to push a form of politics that's gender neutral ironically just comes off as colonialism in the first place. I mean, let them speak their language. Who cares if its gendered. All trying to force this stuff does is alienate people. And I'm just tired of it. As I keep saying, trying to police cultural norms on people that are not popular does is piss people off and alienate people. We need fewer over culture warriors trying to convert people like an inquisitor trying to convert people to christianity, and more focus on actual bread and butter issues. not to say we cant influence culture subtlely. But all engaging in these kinds of fights does is turn people off.
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