How Does The Democratic Party View Me Under Their Identity Politics Microscope?

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Democrats have been making jokes about the suicide rate of middle aged white males increasing. No seriously, they have. They think it's funny as hell that white men are suffering from depression, job loss, opioid and heroin addiction, and an increase in their mortality rate thanks to increased rates of suicide. So, as a middle-aged white male what do they think about me?

Except I'm not just a middle-aged white male. I fall under a slew of different labels when viewed through the identity politics lens.

I'm bi-sexual!
I'm married to a minority woman (Japanese American)!
My kids are bi-racial!
I'm disabled!
I'm highly educated and live in the burbs!

Then again, I supported Bernie Sanders.

I voted for Jill Stein (though admittedly in a state - NY - where I knew Hillary was going to win anyway).

I think policies like Medicare for All, a $15 minimum wage (at the least), reducing the student debt burden and providing free tuition, reducing military spending and ending the wars in the middle east, and doing anything to prevent our continued dependence on fossil fuels, which are destroying the world's climate systems, are all good things. Oh and I don't think our continued bombing of numerous Middle eastern countries or playing brinkmanship games with a nuclear power such as Russia is a good idea, much less our support for the Israeli government's policy of apartheid against the Palestinians.

I despise the Dems' corruption as demonstrated most recently when they voted to continue taking corporate lobbyist cash to fund the DNC, not to mention the corruption that is rife in my state Democratic party in New York, starting at the top with Governor Cuomo, a man touted as a potential presidential contender for the Dem nomination in 2020.

So how does that all balance out using their identity politics equations? Do they judge me as friend or foe? A person to care about or someone who deserves to suffer for my sin of having white male skin?

Or maybe it just makes me a faceless commodity to be exploited for my votes for, and donations to, their neo-liberal, status quo candidates, if possible. Or, on the other hand, a stereotype to be castigated and demeaned and shamed and slandered as a sexist and a racist if I refuse to accept a corrupt political system that they are more than happy to see continue, so they get to keep feeding at the corporate trough, regardless of how much that hurts the vast majority of Americans, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, education level, etc.

Considering the current leadership and attacks on Sanders and other progressives (Tulsi Gabbard, for example) who've chosen to stand up to their disastrous economic and foreign policy agenda, one has to assume they don't see me as fully human. They would rather see a polarized and divided America, than a coalition of many groups of people from all "walks of life" who all suffer under the burden of the increased economic inequality that their own policies have created.

Well, fuck 'em if they think my suffering and the suffering of millions of real living human beings is a joke. Maybe it's time for their party to die, instead of so many of the people they both claim to care about and those they laugh at.

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thanatokephaloides's picture

Well, fuck 'em if they think my suffering and the suffering of millions of real living human beings is a joke. Maybe it's time for their party to die, instead of so many of the people they both claim to care about and those they laugh at.

It's definitely time for the Clintons/Turd Way/DLC party to die. Whether that takes the whole of the Democratic Party with it has been endlessly debated here on c99p; but it is unquestionably time for the likes of the DLC to start drinking from the ocean chalice of Taxation Without Representation. Or, of course, they could go back to the GOP whence they came and where they belong.

(My apologies to honest Republicans for that last sentence.)

Diablo

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"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar

"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides

Lily O Lady's picture

unquestioning loyalty and money. They are not, however, interested in what we think.

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"The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?" ~Orwell, "1984"

snoopydawg's picture

@Lily O Lady
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Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.

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"The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?" ~Orwell, "1984"

Strife Delivery's picture

Being a white male automatically makes you viewed as privileged and something to scorn at. Automatically you are viewed as an enemy.

I mean, I'm a white male, and would be viewed automatically as an enemy...
Except when I say I'm bi, then everything becomes A-OK.

So wait, somehow in that shift, I went from an enemy to a decent human being?
It doesn't matter what your beliefs are. Hell, those are utterly irrelevant. All that matters is your race and gender, and then your sexuality. It reduces you down to the most basic features of a human.

Should I care more about her dreams and values or that she is a woman?
Should I care more about his ethics and inspirations or that he is black?
Should I care more about his desires and goals or that he is gay?

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Lookout's picture

they view you as they might an ant...inconsequential.

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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

thanatokephaloides's picture

@Lookout

I suspect they view you as they might an ant...inconsequential.

Like all other non-billionaires!

Bomb

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"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar

"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides

Pricknick's picture

Over the last 8 years I've become very well know to the demwits. Every time they asked for a handout I gave them higher postage bills by stuffing the envelopes with junk mail and wood shims. I didn't bother to hide my name and told them repeatedly to take me off their list. My local demwit office got tired of seeing me when I complained about how the party was acting. I went to as many (and there were very few) meetings as I could manage and made my opinions known.
It must have worked. I haven't had a mailer or phone call from them in over a year.
I find it funny that they likely consider me to be a repugnican.

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Regardless of the path in life I chose, I realize it's always forward, never straight.

to vote for the Democratic Party.
But not enough to show your white, male face in public. Sorry.

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Steven D's picture

@gjohnsit I'll start wearing a ski mask when I go out. That ought to go over very well.

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"You can't just leave those who created the problem in charge of the solution."---Tyree Scott

riverlover's picture

@Steven D Cool, that fit on a line! But do not get LEOs going. Best to fly under that one.

If I could cry (and I cannot now) I would in frustration today. Medical problems are being isolated by experimentation, myself as control. It's not pretty, nor a living situation in the long-term. 7 years since my husband died, and I still have occasion to think he's still here.

Very tempted to call and see if cast can be cut off before Friday. Bad rub pain, again, nearly to tears.I see no upside of the friggen cast. And my toes may already be responding to a SS implant. Bionic me revolts.

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Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.

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@riverlover I was joking

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"You can't just leave those who created the problem in charge of the solution."---Tyree Scott

white males are getting screwed. If you belong to the .001%, you get paid 400K to talk to Wall Street, and they don't care what color or gender you are.

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"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon

snoopydawg's picture

I just don't understand how people's minds can read what they do and think this is what they meant.

Just where did he get those figures? True, elderly White males have a high rate of suicide, but that is their right. White males are decisive and they get things done. They make up their minds and carry out plans, which is why most executives are White males.
Suicide is the right of an individual. If this jerk is pleased about the White male suicides, is he also pleased about the huge number of Black-on-Black murders?

There are other comments that are just as stupid as this one.
Whenever an unarmed Black is killed by the cops there are always comments about Black on Black murders. They ask why people aren't upset about that.
What those people are missing is the point that if a Black person murders another Black person and is caught, then they are charged for it and they get a trial.
The cops who killed the unarmed Blacks usually aren't even charged let alone being put on trial.
Some people are just idiots.

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Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.

Become a donor who gives very big bucks to the democratic party or bundle a ton of money for the party. Or a white celebrity who endorsed Clinton. See your problems are solved.

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Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal's picture

@MrWebster Oh, you saw that.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal But my unemployment benefits ran out.

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They scream "racism" when they are the racists.

Demexit. Never another vote.

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I've seen lots of changes. What doesn't change is people. Same old hairless apes.

The Aspie Corner's picture

Therefore, neither party gives a fuck about me or other disabled people for that matter. And it shows.

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Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.

Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.

Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal's picture

@The Aspie Corner They actually don't give a damn about any people who make less than 400K/yr.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

@The Aspie Corner I remember a diary where a pro-Bernie person who had a disability just had to switch because to Hillary because Hillary was the real champion of the disabled. I for some reason did some research on the Clinton's Destruction of Welfare Act. And may God have mercy on their souls, it really hurt people with disabilities and those who cared for many of them. I could only shake my head at how many many people re-invented Hillary Clinton.

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snoopydawg's picture

@MrWebster
women and children into poverty and because of how they made up the rules, thousands of people were kicked off the food stamps program last June.
And because of the crime bill, millions of dollars were taken out of the food stamps program and HUD which effected section 8 housing and vouchers.
Billions were taken out of social programs to fund more cops and prisons and helped start the for profit prison industry.
Because of the crime bill, whole families can be kicked out of subsidized housing if any members commit a crime. Think about this. Moms and dads are struggling to make enough money and possibly working two jobs and one of their kids or another family member commits a felony and the whole family is kicked out of their homes. The family shouldn't have to pay for what another person does.
Anyone who has a felony record are denied any public assistance for life. So much for paying for your crime by completing your sentence and once you get out there's no assistance to help you get back on your feet.
And this is just one of the many things that the Clintons are responsible for.
Add in the thousands of jobs that were offshored because of NAFTA.
Now add in the 4 million people who lost their homes because Clinton deregulated the financial institutions.
These are just a few reasons why I didn't want them anywhere near the WH again.
They did enough damage during their two terms.
Which reminds me of this.
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Why can't those two just enjoy their millions and leave us the fuck alone and play with their grandchildren?
Hell, if I had even one million I wouldn't continue to work, I'd buy a little trailer and see the USA.

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Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.

@snoopydawg The list of horrors that the Clintons have inflicted on people is staggering. And as equally staggering is how democrats and "liberals" have defended the Clintons and made them into heroes and icons.

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ggersh's picture

for they mean nothing to me.

As you say fuck em, they are a poor excuse for humans anyway,
who needs them besides themselves.

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I never knew that the term "Never Again" only pertained to
those born Jewish

"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"

Heard from Margaret Kimberley

Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal's picture

Or, on the other hand, a stereotype to be castigated and demeaned and shamed and slandered as a sexist and a racist if I refuse to accept a corrupt political system that they are more than happy to see continue, so they get to keep feeding at the corporate trough, regardless of how much that hurts the vast majority of Americans, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, education level, etc.

I believe you have it surrounded, Mr. Garibaldi!

Smile

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
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"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

The Aspie Corner's picture

@snoopydawg You gotta love SNAP's 'work participation' bullshit. They expect you to do 80 hours a month looking for work and 'educating' yourself here. I remember doing that crap for 6 straight months last year. The only saving grace this year was getting Voc Rehab on DCF's ass.

Sure would be nice if there were some way of stopping this across the board given that there are literally NO JOBS left regardless of education at this point and the jobs that are left don't even pay the bills.

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Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.

Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.

SnappleBC's picture

You are a vote. They will demand you cast it for them. If you don't obey, you'll be some variant of racist or sexist.

The identity lens is only for the idiots on DKOS. The actual thinkers see you as a vote to be manipulated.

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A lot of wanderers in the U.S. political desert recognize that all the duopoly has to offer is a choice of mirages. Come, let us trudge towards empty expanse of sand #1, littered with the bleached bones of Deaniacs and Hope and Changers.
-- lotlizard