4 ms·
When you throw around words like privilege, you pretend you know and understand someone's circumstances. I remember defending Randy Ben on Twitter once after h
by djsumdog 9y ago
When you throw around words like privilege, you pretend you know and understand someone's circumstances.
I remember defending Randy Ben on Twitter once after he got kicked out of Kiwicon for violation of the code of conduct (they never even said what he specifically did or said that was a violation). This friend of mine, not in tech and not a hacker, goes on and on about how she didn't expect a straight, cis, male to understand, blah blah blah.
Just because I'm male doesn't negate my right to an opinion. Just because I don't experience the same things you do doesn't negate my opinion. I wrote an article about this a while ago actually, about the Race to the Bottom:
http://khanism.org/people/race-to-the-bottom/ http://khanism.org/people/race-to-the-bottom/
- thereare5lights 9y ago> When you throw around words like privilege, you pretend you know and understand someone's circumstances. When you dismiss words like privilege, you pretend there isn't a difference between people's circumstances. Especially in a case like this when it is beyond obvious that there is a difference. > Just because I'm male doesn't negate my right to an opinion. Just because I don't experience the same things you do doesn't negate my opinion. I wrote an article about this a while ago actually, about the Race to the Bottom: This literally has nothing to do with the subject at hand.
- XR0CSWV3h3kZWg 9y agoDid you feel like you understood what your friend was saying?