WilliamPitt (53,198 posts)
The staggering, flatly embarrassing ignorance of unconscious privilege.
The old saying - "He was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple" - never had more purchase than it does in this absurd push-back over the appalling concept of male privilege.
How dare anyone claim men have it better? How dare anyone claim that even well-meaning non-abusing good-hearted liberal progressive men enjoy an elevated status in society thanks entirely to their gender, and to the 2,000 years of history that have established the advantage so thoroughly as to make it - somehow - invisible to anyone other than some angry women who apparently just have a hate-on for the boys.
Hm.
But but but I'm a feminist, too!
No. No, you're not. You never have been, and you never will be. You can be an ally if you try, but a man claiming to be a feminist is the equivalent of a hammer claiming to be a nail. You might be made of the same materials, but the differences in experience are a gulf too vast to traverse.
Fact.
Psst...
It's me. I've been wrapped in the warm embrace of the privilege since my arrival on the planet.
It's you, too, brother.
Maybe stop harshing on those who point it out. Maybe recognizing the glaring existence of the privilege in your own life is the outside edge of the beginnings of wisdom.
Y'know...just maybe.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022155252Of all the….What a pathetic, sniveling, OP.
Does this guy have any self respect whatsoever? I swear to God he posts this crap and masturbates while he watches his fan club stack up the "Attaboy, Will!" replies. Ugh….Groveling at the feet of the DU Feminazis, shameless pandering to curry favor by self neutering.
Ok, Pitt. So I acknowledge it. Now what? Is it liberal chic to hate myself for it? Am I supposed to subjugate myself and pander to women in my life--letting them know that "hey, I'm cool, don't worry, as a White Male, I sufficiently self hate, so please like me."
Race, gender, class, all things that convey advantages and disadvantages. Its all in what you do with the hand you are dealt.
DUers are such $%@* idiots. If they only spent half the time taking care of the own crap in their crummy lives vs. worrying about what status, money, and other supposed advantages other people have. Everything is always VICTIM VICTIM VICTIM.