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white male privilege (Original Post) Doctor_J May 2014 OP
Here's one. nt rrneck May 2014 #1
thanks, and thanks some more for not actually starting one more Doctor_J May 2014 #2
As long as we are conflating privileges, why not go with.... Major Nikon May 2014 #3
You forgot with a full head of hair. nt rrneck May 2014 #4
I'm kind of on the fence on that one Major Nikon May 2014 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2014 #8
However, that severely restricts the group that's to blame for the state of the world Doctor_J May 2014 #6
Resurrect the porn threads, I suppose Major Nikon May 2014 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2014 #9
Yeah, baby steps, right? nt ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2014 #14
Oh Goddess libodem May 2014 #10
You left out HuskiesHowls May 2014 #13
Back in the day, the all-purpose "checker" was: Eleanors38 May 2014 #11
Hey, this guy is pretty fly for a white guy. RiffRandell May 2014 #12
Perfection is a curse. lumberjack_jeff May 2014 #15
I haz it. westerebus May 2014 #16
 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
2. thanks, and thanks some more for not actually starting one more
Tue May 13, 2014, 05:05 PM
May 2014

futile spitball contest. This thread is strictly for vanity, and to ease this group's reputation as outcasts

Major Nikon

(36,818 posts)
3. As long as we are conflating privileges, why not go with....
Tue May 13, 2014, 05:16 PM
May 2014

white male Christian first-world straight cisgender rich attractive able-bodied tall above-average-intelligent privilege?

I mean is there anyone who has more privilege than a white male Christian first-world straight cisgender rich attractive able-bodied tall above-average-intelligent person?

Major Nikon

(36,818 posts)
5. I'm kind of on the fence on that one
Tue May 13, 2014, 05:34 PM
May 2014

I don't know what it's like, so obviously I have no business even mentioning it, but it is worth pointing out that Yul Brynner did not become significantly famous until he shaved his head.

Then again, one of the other so-called privileges on that list really doesn't have a shit end to the stick, so I suppose that opens up the Pandora's box for all sorts of bases.

Response to rrneck (Reply #4)

 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
6. However, that severely restricts the group that's to blame for the state of the world
Tue May 13, 2014, 05:51 PM
May 2014

if we were blaming your listed sub-species, these daily flame wars wouldn't have nearly the staying power they now enjoy. And then what would the warriors do with all that free time?

Major Nikon

(36,818 posts)
7. Resurrect the porn threads, I suppose
Tue May 13, 2014, 06:03 PM
May 2014

It's not as if there isn't an endless supply of dead horses that still have room for whip marks

Response to Major Nikon (Reply #7)

libodem

(19,288 posts)
10. Oh Goddess
Tue May 13, 2014, 07:06 PM
May 2014

Not the pornification of threads. Librarians were bad enough. Wrings hands. Lights a cigarette. Begins pacing.

HuskiesHowls

(711 posts)
13. You left out
Tue May 13, 2014, 09:25 PM
May 2014

Anglo-Saxon, and instead of "Christian" it should be "Protestant".

(can't have us Catholics thinking we have "privilege" )

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
11. Back in the day, the all-purpose "checker" was:
Tue May 13, 2014, 07:19 PM
May 2014

Liberal Straight White Racist Male.

Trouble is the highly leveraged pithyness of the description need's a better acronym to save time when a quick smear is needed. All I can come up with is LESWORMs Can anyone improve on this? You can re-arrange the adjectives.

westerebus

(2,976 posts)
16. I haz it.
Sat May 17, 2014, 08:38 AM
May 2014

Or it has me? Never quite sure of the possession position given lack of choice in the first place.

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