I honestly think that if we define ourselves based on our sexuality, nationality, etc, and take pride in those things. It creates a fascist like system. People shouldn’t take pride in things they didn’t choose to be like nationality, sexuality etc. What do you think?

I think there is an immense, enormous, oceans-wide, couldn’t-be-more-different difference between taking pride in an identity that gives you privilege and power and justifying your privilege and power through your identity (in other words: justifying inequality and believing you are superior), and taking pride in an identity because you have survived this far despite all the oppression targetted at you because of your identity (in other words: opposing inequality and celebrating your right to exist).

Which doesn’t mean I don’t see any problems and limits to identity politics. Read my Tumblr and you’ll see loads about that. But like, these are still extremely different kinds of ‘pride in identity’.