[powerhour]

You say trend like it is a recent phenomenon and not something that has been happening for centuries if not millennia.

[kranke155]

That’s true. Identity politics is just a new name for it, but we did use to burn people at the stake for the same reason.

[adamrezich]

it would be dishonest to ignore the fact that "contemporary identity politics" kicked fully into gear as a direct response to #Occupy—and its objective was & continues to be successful

[powerhour]

Contemporary identity politics are at least in part a response to the contemporary "occupy" movements, sure, and that's pretty much by definition.