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By the way, your variant of the above is, "Burn down the patriarchy! Fairness and empathy for all! But don't you dare touch the neoliberal economic policies that keep the status quo from which I am benefiting!" We're all full of shit. |
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If you are going to compare shit that is unfair that absolutely everyone experiences with the type of privilege that is built into our educational, law enforcement, and political institutions, that prevails in almost every single business environment, that shapes our definitions of beauty and sets the standard for what is normal then you are being a dick on purpose. Stop being a dick. TM |
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If I said, People want to talk about cars, but they don't want to get into mass transit, which is more likely: (a) when other people are talking about their cars they get tired of me explaining which buses I take in my commute, or (b) there is widespread public opposition to mass transit? I'm going with (a). Quote:
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But the part I liked was this one white guy who wrote to attack the white woman, and said "I know I benefit from white privilege so I didn't take a really good job" ( you know the executive jobs all white people are offered) instead he took a working class job. The guy was so fucked up that he couldn't see if in fact he could get an executive job he could use it to advance people of color, women, etc. So of course there is a lot of nonsense associated with the idea. On the other hand, the woman with the FB does storytelling. I pitched a story how I took 3 young black men under my wing and helped them and in the process learned to see prejudice from their viewpoint, and it changed me and caused me to start confronting it. And she liked the story and said "this is about white privilege." Like I was blind to a lot of stuff until looking at it from another view. And she was right. It is a thing, sometimes misused but a real thing. |
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2. I'm kind of insulted by the last paragraph. You barely even tried to hide the hook. |
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It also stupidly expands on and dilutes real issues: Racism, and Sexism. They're quite real. Whether some white guy like me "doesn't get" his privilege or doesn't care doesn't matter. Nor does it change my disgust at sexism and racism. I'm on the right team. Been there from the start. Just don't point your finger at me and tell me I've a duty to apologize or empathize simply because of a biological quirk of my birth. I'm not expanding on it here, but I've personally worked against private prisons. Empathy's for the "build awareness" crowd. Talk and not much more. |
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Ty: I'm sure it was just locker room talk, but why would a sitting president reveal classified intel to the Russians? Even if doing so does not, for example, out the agents who obtained the intel or otherwise compromise intelligence-sharing agreements we have, are we not even a little worried about the complete lack of discretion in our commander in chief?
Sebastian: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING!!!!! More earnest hand-wringing by the hysterical media. The media are like that chick you knew in college who prattled on about the patriarchy, and wondered why she never got laid. Thurgreed: This is most ridiculous load of bovine crap ever to be typed in any medium ever. Me: Here's some weird old falsetto funk. L.A. Carnival with "Color." The Daily Dose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu70UjJGS5k |
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Imagine sitting around a room in DC with a few friends, maybe three or four drinks in, joking around, and someone says, hey, think of this. What could Trump do to make it worse? What could we do to really screw this up?!
I know, I know, how about this? Fire the FBI director, have all your staff lie about it having nothing to do with the Russia investigation, and then just come out and say, I did it, he was investigating me, fuck you all!! And everyone laughs. Someone says, I know, I know, even worse!! Meet with the Russians, and given them top secret information!!! Laughter. And let's make it Israel's top secret information. Hillaryti ensues. And hey, then let's have him go to Saudi Arabia and lecture people on Islam?!! Oh, shit, man. Make it stop. |
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