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> [ Is that really the issue \[of bathrooms and gender\] we want to be pushing leading up to a momentous election like this one? It's that shortsightedness that comes from identity politics. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-inskeep/is-that-really-the-issue-of-bathrooms-and-gender-we-want-to-be/)

[Steve Inskeep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-inskeep/)

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## Other authors on Identity politics

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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-milo-yiannopoulos-1925.jpg) Milo Yiannopoulos 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/identity-politics/milo-yiannopoulos/)

## More by Steve Inskeep

> [India may be overtaking China as the world's most polluted country. Even now, which country is worse depends on the day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-inskeep/india-may-be-overtaking-china-as-the-world-s-most-polluted-country/)

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> [ As we have seen after every other \[Donald\] Trump controversy, this one only increased their enthusiasm for him. His supporters thought the idea of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-inskeep/as-we-have-seen-after-every-other-donald-trump-controversy-this-one/)

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> [To take one example, I mean, the whole issue of bathrooms and gender - in this particular election, when the stakes were so high,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-inskeep/to-take-one-example-i-mean-the-whole-issue-of-bathrooms-and-gender-in/)

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> [ We've learned something about President-elect \[Donald\] Trump's choice for secretary of defense. Lawmakers in Congress intend to proper debate over whether retired General James… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-inskeep/we-ve-learned-something-about-president-elect-donald-trump-s-choice/)

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> [I prefer a dirty victory to a noble defeat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-inskeep/i-prefer-a-dirty-victory-to-a-noble-defeat/)

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> [Toward the end of the campaign, we interviewed some voters in Raleigh, N.C., which is a generally Democratic city, and I'm thinking of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-inskeep/toward-the-end-of-the-campaign-we-interviewed-some-voters-in-raleigh/)

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> [President-elect Trump has said he would like to improve relations with Russia. His choice for defense secretary views Russia as America's number one threat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-inskeep/president-elect-trump-has-said-he-would-like-to-improve-relations/)

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> [Researchers have been asking a basic question of young people. Should men be allowed to beat their wives? How you answer that question may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-inskeep/researchers-have-been-asking-a-basic-question-of-young-people-should/)

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> [Karachi captures all of those rifts between ancient and modern, communal and individual. You see them playing out in people's lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-inskeep/karachi-captures-all-of-those-rifts-between-ancient-and-modern/)

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> [We have 31 Republican governors in this country. We have roughly the same number of Republican legislatures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-inskeep/we-have-31-republican-governors-in-this-country-we-have-roughly-the/)

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> [In this country tonight, PBS shows one of the most talked about tributes of the year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-inskeep/in-this-country-tonight-pbs-shows-one-of-the-most-talked-about/)

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> [I belong to a bowling team with black and Latino coworkers. And when we get together and we talk about politics - I'm almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-inskeep/i-belong-to-a-bowling-team-with-black-and-latino-coworkers-and-when/)

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> [People don't know where they stand and what they're going to lose, and that makes things uncertain. The political parties try to meld people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-inskeep/people-don-t-know-where-they-stand-and-what-they-re-going-to-lose-and/)

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> [Here is a needle President Obama needs to thread if he chooses a ninth. The nominee would need to be so strongly qualified that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-inskeep/here-is-a-needle-president-obama-needs-to-thread-if-he-chooses-a/)

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> [ Many Democrats are in a reflective mood . They lost the White House this year \[2016\], which would not matter as much as it… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-inskeep/many-democrats-are-in-a-reflective-mood-they-lost-the-white-house/)

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