>I think it's because the accusation of "privilege" is conversation-stopping. I agree it signals the end of rational discussion, but not the end of the convers

>I think it's because the accusation of "privilege" is conversation-stopping. I agree it signals the end of rational discussion, but not the end of the conversation. It's usually immediately followed up with all the ways privileged people need to give X, Y, and Z to everyone else, in perpetuity, to "make things even." Unsurprisingly, that's an unpopular idea.