You have to understand that the Left sees people purely in terms of ideology. Your politics define your very existence to them. You're just a bag of meat and blood wrapped around a little spark of power they wish to harvest. Black Republicans aren't "really black." https://twitter.com/ComfortablySmug/status/1385578692898922504

As we've seen over the past few days, the Left doesn't even care if the supposed objects of its maternal political affection are gutted with knives in schoolyards. They don't care about the tidal wave of murders their ideology has unleashed, or black people killed in BLM riots.

But long before that, leftists routinely stripped sacred markers of identity from people with the "wrong" politics. Black conservatives aren't black, conservative women aren't women, etc. The protections of political correctness apply only to members of the Party.

This callous double standard helps to enforce party discipline. Don't want the Washington Post writing disgusting hit pieces that vaguely imply you're a charlatan for claiming to part of the black American experience? Try not being a Republican for a change.

The message is constantly sent to the Left's favored constituencies that they will lose its protection if they step out of line. They must act, speak, and think a certain way to be considered "authentic" and enjoy the accompanying political benefits.

Identity politics are inherently totalitarian in nature. They require rigid political conformity, so the political class can harvest power from its preferred grievance groups. Totalitarianism is all about defining identity through political belief. /end