Quote Originally Posted by Lemur
And you just happened to pick an example that depicts people whose politics are contrary to yours as the unfortunates in this "rhetorical posture"? I believe you; millions wouldn't.
I didn't pick an example. I did post a commentary focused on the identity politics of the Left.

I'm going to be AFK for several days, but in the meantime, I would appreciate hearing a coherent argument from Pindar. If your thesis is that leftists with "identity politics" are more prone to having an emotional investment than any other group on earth in their ideology, please provide some evidence. Here is a link to a write-up of the brain study I mentioned earlier. Surely if Democrats were more inherently emotional, or rendered so by their beliefs, a measurable discrepancy would have showed up in the brain scans.

If you have access to tangible evidence which refutes the study, I eagerly await your reply.
The position put forward wasn't about emotional investment per say, but a larger rhetorical posture which can lead to an emotionalism. That posture was identified with identity politics and the personalization of issues. The topic sentence and lead sentence indicate the stance: "Leftism, and liberalism, and progressivism, and etc-ism. are not merely simple politics for most of these people. Their politics to them are a core part of their identity, and, more importantly, a central support propping up their egos." Do you see?

I can't comment on the study since I don't know the details. I can say that the emotional reaction of any given individual doesn't really relate to the initial post which is the rhetorical stance of the Left identified as an identity politic. Noting the Left with identity politics is not a new idea. If you follow political discourse this should not be new information. Two of the authors I reference made the same claim in this regard. If you disagree then put forward your counter.