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mhansen | 13 years ago

You might be interested that this is such a common way to derail conversations about privilege that it's made part of 'Derailing for Dummies'.

http://birdofparadox.wordpress.com/derailing-for-dummies-goo...

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shardling|13 years ago

So, that website pulls my least favorite "social justice" trick: pretending that every oppressive action is willful and premeditated. A lot of those issues are very, very subtle from a privileged POV, and it doesn't do a damn bit of good to pretend otherwise.

UnoriginalGuy|13 years ago

That web-site's tone is more than a little offensive. If you're going to sink that low that quickly I'm just going to outright refuse to have a discussion with you at all.

aptwebapps|13 years ago

Given that the author is a senior mathematician and cites studies freely means that at least part of what you linked to doesn't apply.

However, I think that the use of 'Fact' as a section heading was more a rhetorical device than anything else/