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I haven't cringed so much at a set of HN comments as I have today. "Check your privilege" isn't a phrase that anyone seriously uses. Do you deny that privilege

I haven't cringed so much at a set of HN comments as I have today. "Check your privilege" isn't a phrase that anyone seriously uses. Do you deny that privilege exists? Do you think that the only people who talk about privilege are non-white? Do you think that the concept of privilege makes all white people evil, or is a message that is un-hearable to all white people? You just showed more about your own biases than you did anything to advance any conversation here. Then you double down further in the thread about "Social justice warriors" being a real thing (it's literally only ever used as a boogeyman by people with really broken, wrong thoughts about "privilege" as an abstract concept, so thanks for confirming that I guess.) It's not even a "primary" message. What politician advanced that message recently? Which politically-affiliated political action group has "check your privilege" as a mantra? And here I am, again, pushing someone for evidence when it's painfully obvious that there's nothing there other than unsupported biases.

yourbandsucks 8y ago
A year ago I would have made this exact same comment. But here we are. All depends on who you're exposed to, I guess. Could you be a little more specific about what my thoughts are on privilege as an abstract concept? I've been wanting someone to tell me about that.
- colemickens 8y ago
  Your own comment where you brought up privilege do plenty to demonstrate how you think about it. The fact that you compare the percentage of white people and act like "check your privilege" is a perfect opposite of "whiteness", I mean, maybe you have another interpretation of what you meant...
  - yourbandsucks 8y ago
    No, no, you keep going. You're doing great. How did my childhood impact these views?
    - colemickens 8y ago
      You made the comment that we can all still read. You could choose to justify it. Instead, like every single conservative troll on every social media platform ever, you've decided to just troll your way down to the bottom. Have fun, it'll be by yourself.
      - yourbandsucks 8y ago
        Real talk: I'm a lifelong progressive who's very willing to trade my own purity in order to WIN. You're being sanctimonious and not graceful about being called on it. Assume good intentions. I've been around a lot of younger people who actually unironically say this stuff lately. No joke. Ask others on the board working at SV-based companies hiring out of college.
toasterlovin 8y ago
FWIW, I live in Portland, OR and there are billboards up in town here with this text: "Portland, is your white fragility showing?" https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/04/24/in-true-portland-style-a-racial-justice-billboard-was-defaced-with-supportive-graffiti/ https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/04/24/in-true-portland-style...

yourbandsucks 8y ago

A year ago I would have made this exact same comment. But here we are. All depends on who you're exposed to, I guess. Could you be a little more specific about what my thoughts are on privilege as an abstract concept? I've been wanting someone to tell me about that.

colemickens 8y ago
Your own comment where you brought up privilege do plenty to demonstrate how you think about it. The fact that you compare the percentage of white people and act like "check your privilege" is a perfect opposite of "whiteness", I mean, maybe you have another interpretation of what you meant...
- yourbandsucks 8y ago
  No, no, you keep going. You're doing great. How did my childhood impact these views?
  - colemickens 8y ago
    You made the comment that we can all still read. You could choose to justify it. Instead, like every single conservative troll on every social media platform ever, you've decided to just troll your way down to the bottom. Have fun, it'll be by yourself.
    - yourbandsucks 8y ago
      Real talk: I'm a lifelong progressive who's very willing to trade my own purity in order to WIN. You're being sanctimonious and not graceful about being called on it. Assume good intentions. I've been around a lot of younger people who actually unironically say this stuff lately. No joke. Ask others on the board working at SV-based companies hiring out of college.

toasterlovin 8y ago

FWIW, I live in Portland, OR and there are billboards up in town here with this text: "Portland, is your white fragility showing?" https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/04/24/in-true-portland-style-a-racial-justice-billboard-was-defaced-with-supportive-graffiti/ https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/04/24/in-true-portland-style...