Identity Politics Über Alles

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'Egalitarianism falsely views an inequality of results to be proof of injustice. If women are not serving equally in Afghanistan, then a gender balance should correct “the problem.” But, perhaps, the problem is that any American is in Afghanistan. The addition of women would only result in a gender-balanced injustice.
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Would NOW object to a situation in which 10 randomly chosen males were being executed by Nazis? Would they interrupt the proceedings to demand the “right” of women to become equal-opportunity victims? At best, equality under injustice reshuffles the identity of victims. Usually, it expands the scope of the injustice itself.
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Identity politics divides society into distinct political classes that have antagonistic interests: blacks against whites, women against men, gays against heterosexuals. It focuses, not on the individual rights of the group members, but on the interests that all members allegedly share. Receiving the same treatment from government as other groups “enjoy” is high on the hierarchy of shared interests.

The endorsement of drafting women represents the triumph of identity politics over the respect for individual rights.'