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WCDT: 2631-2635 (Feb 03 - 07 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Nuclear_Nipple_Tester:
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--- Quote from: NilsO on 04 Feb 2014, 04:01 ---Well, if they want to get angry, it is their privilege.
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You might want to be more careful with your choice of words.
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I did not catch that, but it might be because English is not my native language. Sorry if it was used in a wrong context.
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Oh no, it's perfectly correct, if slightly archaic, English. It is, however, bad American; where "privilege" is stigmatised you naturally get push-back when you tell people they have it. Modern usage would suggest "it is their right" instead.
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Correct English is perhaps a topic in another discussion. One problem is that there are several variants. Another problem is us stupid foreigners who make mistakes.
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Funny, I've started running into "privilege shaming" in certain areas of the US. Not sure why I should feel shame for having a job and a car and a nice shirt... I worked very hard to earn those things. If they were in fact privilege and not earned I wouldn't be confused. To me it seems a case of "that word doesn't mean what you think it means."
On the subject of boob-size... Boobs -- large or small -- get you noticed. Everything and anything else that comes after that initial "mmm boobs" moment renders them largely (or smally heh) irrelevant. ;)
Barmymoo:
I would suggest heading over to the Discuss forum and reading the stickied thread at the top - privilege is not earned, it is an advantage achieved at birth which makes it easier for you to get a job and a car and a nice shirt. You aren't being shamed, you are being asked to recognise that for people who do not have the same privilege of being the right colour, the right social class, the right gender, the right appearance or whatever, it is not as easy to earn the things that you consider to be your due.
Nuclear_Nipple_Tester:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 04 Feb 2014, 11:02 ---I would suggest heading over to the Discuss forum and reading the stickied thread at the top - privilege is not earned, it is an advantage achieved at birth which makes it easier for you to get a job and a car and a nice shirt. You aren't being shamed, you are being asked to recognise that for people who do not have the same privilege of being the right colour, the right social class, the right gender, the right appearance or whatever, it is not as easy to earn the things that you consider to be your due.
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I think I'll do just that, thank you.
Despite any advantage others may perceive me as having, those things I mention still had to be earned. Of course it is just a bit off to shame someone over perceived privilege when you don't know what they had to overcome to earn that nice shirt. I think that is what bothers me most about it.
Anyway, back to the comic discussion! I'll take a look at the other thread you mentioned.
Barmymoo:
The advantage is societally ingrained, it's not a discredit on an individual to benefit from it but it is, if nothing else, polite to recognise it.
Also, the thread I was referring to is no longer stickied - I wasn't meaning to direct you to the rules, sorry! In fact I can't find it anywhere, including the trashbin...
Mlle Germain:
Probably you mean the one in "Relate", right? That one is stickied and it's called "Privilege and Self-examination" or something similar.
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