RE: My privilege as a straight, white, cisgender, middle class thin male
December 27, 2014 at 2:26 pm
The only reason privilege are ever mentioned is to guilt trip people and make them feel bad and make the accuser seem like they know what they are talking about. You can't change your privlildges and bringing them up adds nothing to the conversation but to discredit you and imply that your opinion isn't as valid. You're a man, so you can't talk about abortion. You're white, so you can't talk about racism. You're straight, so you can't talk about homosexuality. You're cis so you can't talk about gender disphoria. You're rich so you can't talk about poverty.
And it's bloody damaging too. Anyone remember that story about that guy that got mugged. He said he deserved it because of his white male privilege. And what's more than that, it creates a culture of victim hood. Just look at Ferguson. Because of the 'apparent' discrimination against Micheal Brown, he was shot and killed. And what does the black community of Ferguson do? They riot and loot their own damn city. They did it because of white priviledge and the disadvantages they think this causes for them. Sure, blacks are definately discriminated against but that just means they have to be extra careful to not break the law and give racist cops and excuse to go after them. And yet they continue to perpetuate black stereotypes and actually provide evidence for and encourage the discrimination that they are fighting against in the first place, by committing crimes such as the looting of Ferguson. And all this because they feel like the victims and so are entilted to act they way they do.
And it's bloody damaging too. Anyone remember that story about that guy that got mugged. He said he deserved it because of his white male privilege. And what's more than that, it creates a culture of victim hood. Just look at Ferguson. Because of the 'apparent' discrimination against Micheal Brown, he was shot and killed. And what does the black community of Ferguson do? They riot and loot their own damn city. They did it because of white priviledge and the disadvantages they think this causes for them. Sure, blacks are definately discriminated against but that just means they have to be extra careful to not break the law and give racist cops and excuse to go after them. And yet they continue to perpetuate black stereotypes and actually provide evidence for and encourage the discrimination that they are fighting against in the first place, by committing crimes such as the looting of Ferguson. And all this because they feel like the victims and so are entilted to act they way they do.
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
