My privilege as a straight, white, cisgender, middle class thin male

[TaraJo]

I'm a trans woman, so I should be able to beat most of this forum at oppression olympics. Yet I think it's a stupid game. People who talk about privilege the most usually wind up using it to bully people. Me, I don't like using the term 'privilege' simply because its exact meaning always seems to get twisted around in such a way that you can condemn everyone for whatever privilege they have but leave yourself looking good.

Yeah, I'll be the first to admit, there are socia advantages to being white. There are sometimes social advantages to being black or hispanic, too. There are social advantages to being cis, but that doesn't mean I should be able to think less of someone for being cis.

And if you find yourself falling in with an ideology that decides harassing or belittling people for traits outside their control is a good thing, you need to find yourself a new ideology.