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In reply to the discussion: There's been a lot of talk here lately about "privilege", so it may be useful to define it ... [View all]bettyellen
(47,209 posts)81. Gaslighting bullshit. You feel entitled to frame the discussion on only your own terms. Making it a
game or trap- and complete waste of energy. Just like a thousand teenage trolls who paste MRA and Tea bagger crap and think they have "facts".
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There's been a lot of talk here lately about "privilege", so it may be useful to define it ... [View all]
Scuba
Jan 2014
OP
Please give an example where Black folks (or Hispanics, or Native Americans) hold privilege. n/t
1StrongBlackMan
Jan 2014
#11
ugh, this is as relevant as "hot girls" get to pick and choose their mates. And what is interesting
bettyellen
Feb 2014
#26
Interesting how it's most frequently straight white men who believe they are the arbiters of what is
bettyellen
Feb 2014
#24
I get it, you think you are entitled to judge what "quantifiable" actually means, what "a wash" is..
bettyellen
Feb 2014
#34
Woe is you, all is so nebulous, unquantifiable and mysterious! LOL. Because penis?
bettyellen
Feb 2014
#39
it doesn't matter to me how you find me- as you have explained- you are unfit to render judgement or
bettyellen
Feb 2014
#45
naah, you'd rather make light of the entire subject. and bog it down in minutia like your
bettyellen
Feb 2014
#85
Gaslighting bullshit. You feel entitled to frame the discussion on only your own terms. Making it a
bettyellen
Feb 2014
#81
A cute slogan, but nothing whatsoever to do do with the definition of privilege
Donald Ian Rankin
Jan 2014
#18
Here is another one, being in the position where you dismiss others problems outright with "dumb"
bettyellen
Feb 2014
#25
This guy did not have "non-pothead privilege", unfortunately (life in prison for pot possession).
Nye Bevan
Feb 2014
#27
so- being black or a woman is a choice like smoking pot? And when you work to fix laws, you should
bettyellen
Feb 2014
#32
BB was saying we'd heard that one before.... just as we have been told (here at DU)
bettyellen
Feb 2014
#55
women are resented here for going to college and earning more than male drop outs.
bettyellen
Feb 2014
#82
I think, in a way, that I agree. (though I don't agree that a person can give privilege.)
cinnabonbon
Feb 2014
#90
....Being too rich! Following up my debut #1 album with an equally groundbreaking sophomore effort
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2014
#58
Going down the drain! Spontaneously combusting. Being chased by werewolves.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2014
#62
I remember when it caused all kinds of problems in the Midwest, back in the late 70s.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2014
#61
I've seen a lot of this discussion on privilege and I have to ask some questions here
Arcanetrance
Feb 2014
#93
and when you consider the big picture- the things needed to uplift others, would benefit every
bettyellen
Feb 2014
#100
In Ireland they love the poor Catholics fighting the poorest Protestants. They call it "keeping
bettyellen
Feb 2014
#102
It's not easy with all the word salad nonsense spewed by those that demand "debate" here
bettyellen
Feb 2014
#97
oh yeah, let's talk about pot privlege and Elm trees! NOPE. Not until you stop acting the fool.
bettyellen
Feb 2014
#104
having more privilege is basically being less effected by systemic discrimination than others.
bettyellen
Feb 2014
#107
better laws and better education are good. god knows when we will get a congress that cares though!
bettyellen
Feb 2014
#110
ahhh, I get the czar reference now. tribalism is a difficult hurdle, and I think you are right-
bettyellen
Feb 2014
#111