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Bernie Sanders is Kamala Harris for Jews (1/2)

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It's pretty well-known that in conservative circles the topic of identity politics today is considered to be a distraction and an element of grievance culture. Discussing a political issue within the prism of a specific ethnic, religious, racial, or sexual minority is taken to be a position of weakness. But the fact is that people do want to talk about race, religion, gender, and sex and it's an easy marsh to wade into in the current climate of culture wars. Conservatives like to believe they don't care about identity politics, because they see it as beneath their level of debate. So with that let's take a quick dip in the stink pit that Bernie Sanders and his progressive movement use as their natural habitat - identity politics and victimhood as a virtue. Let me first say that even though I'm Jewish my votes do not go to candidates based on their being Jewish or not, nor for that matter regarding their attitudes towards Jews. The last few candidates that I'