I don’t care much for personal identity politics because it treats people like groups rather than individuals. I understand the desire to organize around ideas or principles but organizing because of skin tone, ethnicity, or sexual orientation never quite made sense to me. Having stated that, as long as those groups don’t initiate force (like ethnic heritage groups), its really doesn’t affect me negatively.
It’s time to call out these identity groups for initiating force, specifically The Victory Fund and the California Latino Legislative Caucus. When The Victory Fund denies support to an openly gay candidate (Carl DeMaio) and The California Latino Legislative Caucus denies the right of association, to a Latino legislator (Rocky Chavez) , because of their political party affiliation, we see that these are not personal identity groups. They are political movements, designed to exploit identity politics to initiate force against people.
As an ideological libertarian, this doesn’t surprise me. These groups are more akin to the Mafia, organizing around a need for secrecy in their plot to loot others. As an American, this offends the heck out of me as it goes against the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence. As a Republican, I’m happy that the Democratic Party is exhibiting its neo-segregation tactics (through its political and legislative coalition partners) out in the open.
The good news is that most Californians really don’t care about your ancestry or sexuality. Most Californians want competent legislators who will do their jobs with an eye towards the appropriate role of government. Chavez and DeMaio are both competent and have a good understanding of that role of government.
I applaud Chavez and DeMaio for trying to work within the system and share their disappointment with the identity Mafia. I’m sorry you both got shown the back of the bus by those groups. Frankly, I don’t think it’s a bus worth riding– you’re both destined for much greater things.