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Wouldn't the privilege be in the ability to exercise rights without paying a price like so many groups have had to in our history? This all sounds like a confu
by akiselev 7y ago
Wouldn't the privilege be in the ability to exercise rights without paying a price like so many groups have had to in our history?
This all sounds like a confusing semantics game.
- klagermkii 7y agoEvery right has been resisted at some point. It doesn't drift in and out of privilege status depending on how must resistance is being applied at any one moment. A right gains its power from people's belief that it should be universally granted, and that they will stick up for others when that right gets breached. Once a thing gets redefined as a privilege there is no expectation for people to stand up for other privilege.
- beerandt 7y agoA privilege is something granted/gifted to fewer than everyone, while not harming those that are excluded. The left has tried to redefine harm to include "unequal result or outcome," which makes the entire principle meaningless.