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It's not that simple
It's not that simple. It's easy to divide politics and though into left/right, but I find that under any pressure, both sides crumble almost immediately. At once, people who might traditionally find themselves on one or the other "side" can agree with on surprising aspects.
An example I found over the pandemic was the similar root motivation of trans* fold and antivaxxers, in a moment of eloquence from someone I'd generally associated with the right and considered selfish. They made the point that the reason they didn't want to be vaccinated was a desire for bodily autonomy, for desiring control over their own corpus. Public health argumentation aside, this is the same reason trans* people demand recognition. Both groups fundamentally reject the authority of government within their corporeal borders. For this pairing, I think this is usually where the similarity ends, but whenever there's a chance i think it's important to recognise similarities and build a mutual recognition, rather than exacerbating differences.
does^ intersectionality means including groups like antivaxxers? no I don't think it does because being against vaccines is a choice. I am not sure I would agree with anyone that being trans* is a choice any more than going bald, though there are obviously a lot of choice that come with being trans*.