On white male, hetro privilege.

[hfojvt]

116. understand what?

Does understanding work both ways? Because I would have you understand this, I don't FEEL the slightest bit privileged.

When I hear a phrase like "white male hetero privilege" is sounds like I am being told "You live the life of Riley because you are a white, straight male." Like I am some kind of Lucky Ducky.

When I hear something like that, I try to set the record straight. The grass on this side of the fence, is not really that green, and unfortunately, it seems to be duck season. (or as Norm put it on Cheers "It's a dog eat dog world and I'm wearing milkbone underwear&quot

Further, from a progressive stand point, we often try to tell the working class - "you should vote for us because we are on your side".

And yet, and yet, so many white straight males do not vote for us even when they are in the working class.

Could that possibly be because they hear us saying "you have white male straight privilege, (and we want to take that away)" or the reverse message - "we care about women, minorities and gays, and not about men, whites and straights. Vote for us, and you can carry water for the rest of the team while you sit in the back of the bus."