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

[TaraJo]

Tumblr; where feels always take precedence over facts and the end result is considered "social justice."

Tumblr; fucking stupidity incarnate.

Yep. The Laci Green shitstorm alone shows how absurd they can be: http://www.dailydot.com/society/laci-gre...h-threats/

Something else to keep in mind when going over privilege: that by itself is a sign of privilege. Specifically, at my last full-time job, I was one of only a handful of white people in a call center that usually had 50 or so people there. Most of my coworkers were black. I never heard they talking about oppression or privilege or any of that stuff. Sure, I talked with them, and I listened to the conversations many of them had amongst each other. So, if privilege is such an important thing, why is it never talked about by underpaid, black people? Shouldn't they be the ones most concerned about it? Or are the only ones who are able to worry about privilege actually some of the most privileged people on earth? A bunch of upper-middle-class, college educated, white girls, constantly chastising everyone else for having privilege; that's what you usually find in social justice circles. And it would be far easier to take their condemnation of privileged people more seriously if they were as willing to condemn themselves as harshly as they condemn others.

And, yes, tumblr takes it to the extreme. Those girls don't claim to have privilege because they identify as something without privilege. They aren't white, they're trans-ethnic. They aren't straight, they're pansexual who just hasn't found anyone who's anything other than 'male' that they're attracted to. They aren't cis, they've created some absurd trendy gender for themselves (like one of these: http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/genders).

And the worst part is, taking legitimate social issues and turning them into jokes while scaring away people who would otherwise be allies. I can't tell you how many people are afraid to talk to me for fear that I'll tell them "Die cis scum." I've talked to several other people who are afraid to engage in talks about sexism or racism or any other social -ism for fear that they're going to be instantly and harshly attacked for saying some insignificant thing wrong. It's like making people walk on eggshells which is even worse because we're also surprised when people don't like us. No, of course they aren't going to like a group that instantly and harshly jumps down their throat for any little minor mistep! A little pragmatism would be nice!

But, then, this is just my experiences. Everyone is welcome to voice their own opinion and talk about their experience.