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I said that I wasn't going to respond because you made a statement I found so offensive that I saw little reason to talk to you. When you apparently made some effort to suggest the statement had been misinterpreted, I was prepared to at least listen. I'm regretting this choice. I am done with...

Ya know, it's honestly not clear to me why you quoted my post for this, but since you appear to want to address this further... The statement you edited out was blatantly racist. This basically comes down to two possibilities: 1. The plain reading of it was what you actually meant. This was...

Yes I read the article and the rest of your post, so your "obviously not" is unwarranted. Here's the problem: you made an incredibly offensive statement, which acted in direct furtherance of your previous statements (that "privilege is a white person concept debated by white people" and that...

I said that privilege is not only discussed by White people, and you said that was a far-fetched and anti-historic assumption. Then I told you I had a very recent example of this not being false in my direct experience, and this somehow necessitated you posting a ridiculous and offensive...

First of all, you said the term is always tied to race. And your first statement in this post is so offensive that I'm done talking to you.

Sorry, but this is completely wrong. I've ready the McIntosh article. She explicitly discusses male privilege in the first paragraph. Privilege as a concept is not solely about race. I don't know how you can make this claim while linking to the very article under discussion at the same time...

So your claim is that you're above all that. I didn't only ask about race. This topic is about privilege (and consequently also discrimination) of all kinds. I asked if you have ever treated someone better or worse based on group identifiers. Note that in the post I previously quoted, you...

Discrimination has multiple meanings. One meaning is to recognize the difference between things. This meaning is value neutral, and yes it's true that it's a basic cognitive ability for survival. But another meaning is the unjust/prejudicial treatment of people based on group identifiers. Its...

Hand job, blow job, full service--I find any of them can be really good or really bad, from the perspective of my enjoyment. A good blow job is actually one of my favourite activities though. I think the cultural belief is that all men are basically the same when it comes to sex, but if there's...

Saying that a group of people is not in the majority is not a compelling argument that group privilege doesn't exist. A country cannot so easily be labelled "racist" or "not racist." Reality is much more complicated than that. Neither can a person for that matter. And remember that discussion...

I'm curious as to which aspects you disagree with: That discrimination can be subtle, subconscious and/or unintentional? That discrimination can occur without anyone actually realizing it occurred? That choice of language in describing these concepts is important? That factors of this nature...

To me, the answer to the poll question is an unequivocal yes, though I will acknowledge I still had hesitation answering that way. The complexity of the issues involved here makes it very difficult to boil down a response to a binary choice. Consider discrimination in hiring an employee. It may...

A couple of experiences from my past: The one and only time I've fallen in love in this hobby, I met someone who I was ridiculously attracted to on every level. We were really comfortable talking or just sitting together quietly for hours off the clock. While she effectively made a very low...

I'm just speaking for myself here, but I would take issue with the phrase "war on craziness." The phrase "war on drugs" made sense in the context in which it has been used, since drug use has been viewed as a law enforcement and criminal justice issue. It has in effect been a literal war in...

This was actually my concern, enough so that I stopped logging in from my phone (where I was getting the popups) the last couple of days. I might be more comfortable with it now. Fair enough if this is the route the site decides to go for revenue. I'm just one data point, but I will mention it...