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One thing I've noticed about this line is it gets used from all sorts of groups feel like they are the ones which were oppressed / the other group is the oppres
by rgoulter 4y ago
One thing I've noticed about this line is it gets used from all sorts of groups feel like they are the ones which were oppressed / the other group is the oppressor.
- onion2k 4y agoI don't think it's a particularly useful thing to say about yourself because, as you say, lots of people use it to try to claim they're being oppressed when really they're just losing their privilege. It's very accurate when you're looking from the outside inwards though, such as this case where someone is claiming men are becoming irrelevant when obviously it's just that others are being seen more equally.
- rgoulter 4y ago> lots of people use it to try to claim they're being oppressed when really they're just losing their privilege. FWIW, "those people are oppressors, and are now being treated equally" is just as emotionally charged. I generally think it's not a particularly useful thing for anyone to say.