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EPISODE · Apr 16, 2025 · 4 MIN

All Things Considered: Has Identity Politics Crossed the Line?

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“The phrase “straight white men” seems to have been imported into Ireland from the United States as a way for certain people to flaunt their right-on credentials but all it ends up doing is antagonising people.”   So wrote one disgruntled reader in a letter to the Irish Times this week.  But have identity politics and labels really gone too far? Ciara and Shane discussed on the show today.

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