This is very interesting to me. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/technology/inside-facebook-employees-political-bias.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Ever since the flap at Google over the Dupree episode, I've wondered if ideological monocultures are sustainable. Considering how evil Google is as a company when it concerns privacy, and all that.

So here's the thing... there are a LOT of leftists who equivocate any person who doesn't share their entire menu of political views as an enemy--as someone out to "get them", and then victimization is raised.

I've seen independent voters get attacked, libertarians, anarchists, pragmatists, and most importantly of all---centrists.

Centrists still make up a large part of the voting population. It's suicide to do this, and self-defeating.

Similarly, the far-right does exactly the same thing. You've all heard the term "cuck" before, right?

They're criticizing conservatives who have a hard-liner persona but their voting record shows that they compromise. And in the far-right world, *any* compromise on any subject about anything is a mortal sin.

Which is exactly how leftists behave.

And, sorry---but this is true---wrapping up identity into politics is a purely leftist trait. It surprises no one to see a rando Indep person who's semi-socialist get cremated because they're not in the same church.

I don't understand how you can be this exclusionary and expect to win a broader electorate; which forces you to drift away from your political leanings.

So the next best thing is to be exclusionary at your own place of employment.

@trayofbees Could you explain what you mean by "wrapping up identity into politics is a purely leftist trait"? How is something like the 700 club not a right-wing identity?