Yes, white men are being oppressed.

[wickerwoman]

72. I take your point but

not all oppression comes from the same source and not all oppression will find redress in the same way. It's quite a bit more complicated than that.

I'm in the minority in being female, an atheist and from a working class background. You're suggesting I ignore sexism and religious chauvinism in order to address classism but even if I "succeed" at that I'm still treated as a minority on two out of three counts. How do I trade an increase in the minimum wage against abortion rights or separation of church and state?

Solving the problem of economic injustice (if such a thing is even possible) isn't automatically going to solve social, racial or religious injustice.

How can I get motivated to overthrow the WASP plutocracy by sacrificing my own interests to "unite" with white male straight fundamentalist Christians just so they can take over instead? Frankly, I think we're better off with the Mitt Romneys of the world than the Jim Bob Duggars.

Sorry, but this argument just reminds me of all the people telling gay people not to be "pushy" about marriage equality because "the time isn't right" or "we have bigger fish to fry". Asking other groups to set aside their pain and their history so that they can be a part of your "unifying" agenda is just wrong. Let people come to that decision on their own and on their own terms.