RoryN...the intellectual.

[Bert Notorius]

I'd write you up the same way.

You've a depth and breadth of knowledge usually, not always, but usually the privilege of those who are raised in what at one time would have been called a genteel household. You don't have rough edges. You possess a sophistication that can be, but usually is not, the product of a hard scrabble background; given your seeming social insecurities, it makes it more doubtful that you clawed your way to possess the sheen you possess.

Couple that with some of your posts that approach the social Darwinism of Vetteman's (who does not possess your knowledge, sophistication, or sheen), the accusation is not unreasonable.

For what it is worth, I've the benefit of a privileged white background.

I get along just fine with Zumi.

libs of a feather stick together.

 

[cjh]

libs of a feather stick together.

Sure.

There are beliefs and actions we find reprehensible.

My guess is you could say the same for the likes of AJ, Miles, Vette, and Koala. Don't you think so?

 

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[Cade Is Here]

libs of a feather stick together.

And alts.

It's funny how I only saw the cjh alt today from all the quotes to the loser.

some people see what they want to see. but to his credit, he has never flirted with me.

Damn.. and he openly admits that he is gay.. BTW why did 1biguy dump rory?

Also rory is one of these affirmative action assholes..

Check out the thread where he ran off with his tail between his legs.. Fucking racist loser he is.

 

[Bert Notorius]

Sure.

There are beliefs and actions we find reprehensible.

My guess is you could say the same for the likes of AJ, Miles, Vette, and Koala. Don't you think so?

none of those posters have ever kissed my ass. maybe it's an unwritten platform plank.

 

[blobfish]

I'd write you up the same way.

You've a depth and breadth of knowledge usually, not always, but usually the privilege of those who are raised in what at one time would have been called a genteel household. You don't have rough edges. You possess a sophistication that can be, but usually is not, the product of a hard scrabble background; given your seeming social insecurities, it makes it more doubtful that you clawed your way to possess the sheen you possess.

Couple that with some of your posts that approach the social Darwinism of Vetteman's (who does not possess your knowledge, sophistication, or sheen), the accusation is not unreasonable.

For what it is worth, I've the benefit of a privileged white background.

I get along just fine with Zumi.

Well, you'd be wrong. I have almost no formal education, and my parents were near or below the poverty line for most of my childhood.

 

[cjh]

Yeah, we love our freedom and you hate it.

You make a point when you say you believe in your freedom.

Unfortunately, you don't believe in others, as witnessed by your eagerness to gag both doctors' and patients' free speech.

 

[cjh]

Well, you'd be wrong. I have almost no formal education, and my parents were near or below the poverty line for most of my childhood.

That may be the case.

But you don't present that way for someone who is only twenty years old.

 

[cjh]

none of those posters have ever kissed my ass. maybe it's an unwritten platform plank.

I'm sorry you're not a part of their little circle jerk.

Try harder.

 

[blobfish]

That may be the case.

But you don't present that way for someone who is only twenty years old.

That's something I've heard all my life, and I never really understood why.

 

[Sean]

For what it is worth, I've the benefit of a privileged white background.

Fascist!

 

[Bert Notorius]

I'm sorry you're not a part of their little circle jerk.

Try harder.

i prefer to do my own thing, thanks.

 

[Beco]

The difference is that he's a lot smarter than amicus.

He's personally accused me of being a privileged white male, even though he knows nothing about me, except that I'm a white male. What if I called him a lazy black man? Would you defend that? All I know about him is that he's black and a male, so assuming that he's lazy would be applying a stereotype, just like he did to me.

IrezumiKiss isnt that fond of whitey.....

 

[RobDownSouth]

i prefer to do my own thing, thanks.

Too bad there's not much of a market for your smug, bitchy meta-commentary here on Lit. Not to mention you've got an established competitor in that particular niche with kbate.

 

[Bert Notorius]

Too bad there's not much of a market for your smug, bitchy meta-commentary here on Lit. Not to mention you've got an established competitor in that particular niche with kbate.

that would be relevant if i were selling my thoughts like you do.

 

[RobDownSouth]

that would be relevant if i were selling my thoughts like you do.

Channeling your inner-Byron now?

Honestly, you need an updated schtick.

Derp.

 

[Bert Notorius]

Channeling your inner-Byron now?

Honestly, you need an updated schtick.

Derp.

you should know i don't play these playground games.

 

[SalviaDivinorum]

The difference is that he's a lot smarter than amicus.

He's personally accused me of being a privileged white male, even though he knows nothing about me, except that I'm a white male. What if I called him a lazy black man? Would you defend that? All I know about him is that he's black and a male, so assuming that he's lazy would be applying a stereotype, just like he did to me.

White male privilege has nothing to do with financial wealth or education, but has everything to do with belonging to the caste "white male". If you do not recognize the inherent and essentially unearned advantage that belonging to that group brings, then you haven't understood one of the cornerstones of patriarchal society - to make us protect our position in the hierarchy, and that of THOSE ABOVE US - by keeping those below us in place.
To accuse someone of being a privileged white male is a moral indictment, not a resort to a racial stereotype. It's pointing out an inability, or indeed just an unwillingness, to recognize experiences outside of one's own advantaged position. To call someone a lazy black man is not an intellectual equivalent. At all.

 

[blobfish]

White male privilege has nothing to do with financial wealth or education, but has everything to do with belonging to the caste "white male". If you do not recognize the inherent and essentially unearned advantage that belonging to that group brings, then you haven't understood one of the cornerstones of patriarchal society - to make us protect our position in the hierarchy, and that of THOSE ABOVE US - by keeping those below us in place.
To accuse someone of being a privileged white male is a moral indictment, not a resort to a racial stereotype. It's pointing out an inability, or indeed just an unwillingness, to recognize experiences outside of one's own advantaged position. To call someone a lazy black man is not an intellectual equivalent. At all.

What if I called him a stupid black man? Would that be ok?

 

[SalviaDivinorum]

What if I called him a stupid black man? Would that be ok?

Ask your mother.

 

[Byron In Exile]

Why else would he devote half of his posts to pointing out how racist white people are, and none to other groups?

This is the mystery we struggle with every goddamned day.

 

[Byron In Exile]

I get along just fine with Zumi.

As do I.

 

[Byron In Exile]

Too bad there's not much of a market for your smug, bitchy meta-commentary here on Lit. Not to mention you've got an established competitor in that particular niche with kbate.

Kbate bad! Fire bad!

 

[Byron In Exile]

Channeling your inner-Byron now?

Honestly, you need an updated schtick.

Derp.

Byron bad! Fire bad!

 

[blobfish]

Ask your mother.

That was a rhetorical question; I know that it would be wrong to identify Irezumi with a racial stereotype, just like I know that it was wrong for him to do the same to me.