Leftists tearings 2016

[Regina]

I don't think white privilege means what you think it means.

I know what it means. I'm talking about how a sizable portion of young liberals use it. I've had my opinion on Trump's election shut down on social media because as a white male, my "privilege is showing." It's another way of stopping a healthy dialogue.

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White privilege isn't real.

I disagree completely. It certainly exists, as does other sorts of privileges. The problem lies in using it to shut up people you don't agree with, which is how it is constantly used.

This 100%, I completely agree.

I oppose The online Left's trigger-happy misuse of these concepts, just to call people they disagree with names to shut down a conversation. That doesn't mean I don't think these concepts exist at all, or that I support Trump and this opportunistic alt-Right. I hate both, I oppose both. Yes you can be against both at once, in fact we all should because both sides play into eachother.

The main problem is that so many people have developed attitudes of extremes. Take any social issue, like racism, and you're caught between "everything is racist and white people are racist just for opening their mouths", and at the other end, "racism does not exist at all and black people need to get over it". Both view points are completely shallow and lack critical thought. As always, there's a sensible nuanced middle ground between the two that's drowned out by screaming extremes.