Privilege = shit you don't have to put up with

[KitSileya]

26. Not to mention, it is privilege to be able to wade into these discussions,

and try to shut it down by claiming that using phrases like white privilege is off-putting and alienating, and therefore, it shouldn't be used. It is the tone argument - it is worse to make people with privilege uncomfortable than it is to point out the reality of the life of those who do not have privilege.

That anyone who try to shut down discussion on matters of privilege is allowed to stay on a progressive, liberal message board is beyond my understanding. We shouldn't be discussing whether privilege (male, white, straight, able-bodied) exists, but how we can combat it and get rid of it - and acknowledging that the only way to do so is to shut up and listen to those who are unprivileged.

(Which means that white people posting things such as "I have white privilege, but using those words is bad, so lets not" all the while supporting those who, or indeed being one of those who shout down posters such as 1StrongBlackMan and Bravenak and M0rpheus and JustAnotherGen, should simply be removed from the site.)