(04-28-2022, 10:27 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Is not about the marginalized group. It's about mobilizing the larger group of ideologues that think they're helping the marginalized group. Dems need a cause.

Exactly.  It really doesn't matter how big the group is. You can convince people who are not in that group that they are doing the right thing by voting to help that group.  

The battle over racial oppression may never be over because it has so many layers and plays out in so many different ways.

The battle over gay oppression is hardly discussed anymore now that gays can marry and public school kids can be openly gay. That may flare up again but for now it's quiet.  The straight kids aren't feeling forced to do or say anything for the gay kids, and sexual harassment and bullying seem to be reduced, if anything, but that could change.

The battle over trans rights may also be wrapping up.  The supreme court gave them everything they wanted in employment law. Women's sports is a sideshow, and there's wide consensus that what the NCAA did with women's swimming was a travesty. The only remaining battles are how to deal with kids, and if trans surgery should be covered by insurance.  The first issue, a lot of people care about, and consensus seems to be growing that surgery and opposite gender hormones should never be an option before age 18.  We are still deciding how we feel about letting people under 18 take puberty blockers or change their pronouns, and I suspect we'll be OK with that.  The second issue, medical insurance, it's hard to see people caring either way about that.

So that will leave progressives with racial oppression only.  And they will continue to take real instances of racial problems and over emphasize them, while their counterparts will continue to do their best to ignore them.

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