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In reply to the discussion: ICE Killed A White Mother. Why Are Trump And Other White Men Cheering? [View all]B.See
(7,862 posts)the author's thoughts (or perhaps, argument) seemed pretty clear to me. Nothing particularly "intellectual" about it, "psuedo" or otherwise. And I've already acknowledged (in my intro) that there are more complexities to what is transpiring in this country.
Nor am I in agreement that race (or as you write, race as an identity determinant) is becoming less of a factor (if I correctly understand your meaning), in spite of your cited examples to the contrary (which I'll not address as they perhaps deserve a thread of their own).
As for persuading Republican women, I don't think that was the purpose of the article (though I will acknowledge your comments regarding their "club" )... as much as it was to make an observation/connection between Good's murder, the ensuing hateful rhetoric coming from the right, and the various ways in which women's rights, prior to her murder, had already undergone erosion via right winged attacks upon such rights, and the mentality/ideology behind it.
Political ideology, ideological tribalism, the examination of such - all of it has been and will be the subject of... 'essays.' It's the nature of journalism. Our option is to choose what to ignore.