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In reply to the discussion: When did pointing out privilege become a personal attack? [View all]Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)19. Both.
Too true.
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People love drama, is why. I remember commenting on a forum once that if we didn't put our posts in
freshwest
Mar 2013
#13
Pointing Out The Privilege Leads To The Privilege Going Away - No One Likes Losing Privileges
cantbeserious
Mar 2013
#11
Some people are whiners. Others are paid to divert attention from issues, to reframe the issues. nt
valerief
Mar 2013
#12
The gaming analogy points out that difficulty setting is not the only influence on status
eridani
Mar 2013
#49
I'm not going to join in with this deliberately divisive OP designed to divide us.
kestrel91316
Mar 2013
#33
THEY "earned" everything they have, without any kind of preferential treatment....
Kalidurga
Mar 2013
#39
I've seen her go up against the local politics when it's for her own benefit
Fumesucker
Apr 2013
#74
Too many people can't- and really don't want- to stop thinking about themselves. They are always #1
bettyellen
Mar 2013
#56
Interesting how just being asked the question is getting some posters very very riled.
Squinch
Mar 2013
#60
That's true. The "Greatest Nation" complacency is very threatened now, in a lot of areas.
Squinch
Apr 2013
#78
When did we all of sudden feel the need to demonize everybody on the planet?
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2013
#61