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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMan Going To Trust Society’s Determination That He Deserves His Privilege
IRVINE, CAAssuming that the many benefits he enjoys every day would not have been granted to him if he werent fully entitled to them, local man Brandon Naylor told reporters Wednesday he is willing to accept societys determination that he deserves his privilege.
If our culture has decided I get to live a life of ease and limitless opportunityand clearly it hastheres got to be a good reason for that, right? said the 29-year-old, who reportedly possesses such advantages as financial security, the routine deference of almost everyone he meets, and a general freedom from discomfort or want. As far back as I can remember, Ive been helped along by a social order that has smoothed the path in front of me, and I cant imagine that would continue to happen if it werent somehow justified.
Theres really no other explanation if you think about it, he added.
As a result, Naylor stated, he has full faith society has acted fairly in bestowing upon him a relatively privileged upbringing in a safe neighborhood, quickly approved loan applications, the ability to get a job interview just about anywhere with a few phone calls, and, generally speaking, the benefit of the doubt in almost every area of his life. The Orange County native reasoned that the hundreds of millions of people who compose society had made a conscious, collective decision to grant him such perks, and that it was not for him to question their judgment.
http://www.theonion.com/article/man-going-to-trust-societys-determination-that-he--37486
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Man Going To Trust Society’s Determination That He Deserves His Privilege (Original Post)
Katashi_itto
May 2015
OP
I'm getting better at this shit. I figured out it was Onion before I read the byline.
Hoppy
May 2015
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Hoppy
(3,595 posts)1. I'm getting better at this shit. I figured out it was Onion before I read the byline.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)2. Lol! Drat!
niyad
(113,205 posts)3. I was hoping it was the Onion. sadly, that mindset is quite real.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)4. the genius of the Onion is that it is based so closely on real.
and sometimes is TOO real.
eppur_se_muova
(36,256 posts)5. "The Orange County native ... " Perfect. nt
jwirr
(39,215 posts)6. Pretty damned self-centered and selfish. Wonder if he tell the ladies in his life the same thing?
MineralMan
(146,281 posts)7. The Onion nails it again!