How Privileged Are You

[Zoupa]

Tell your doc to add Abilify

[Ed Anger]

It called me Adolf Hitler.

[viper37]

I don't know why garbon foists buzzfeed on us.  It's not like we've hurt him or anything.

I got confused about "Identities".  What, like more than one?  Is this some sort of crazy thing?

If you go by Raz here, by Govory somewhere else, by Mike in your real life and to you these are all different people with which you can engage conversations at any time, then you are not priviledged.

Who's mike?  I thought you guys knew my name.  It's Brad.

I'm bad with names

[Hamilcar]

I reject the premise of this quiz.

[garbon]

I reject the premise of this quiz.

The premise that people can be privileged?

[Hamilcar]

I reject the premise of this quiz.

The premise that people can be privileged?

The premise that the less privileged the are, the more morally superior you are. It's like the modern left took a look at the Nazi moral hierarchy and inverted it, except that Jews are still at the bottom.

[garbon]

I reject the premise of this quiz.

The premise that people can be privileged?

The premise that the less privileged the are, the more morally superior you are. It's like the modern left took a look at the Nazi moral hierarchy and inverted it, except that Jews are still at the bottom.

I don't think that's the premise of the quiz at all. I think it is more of, if you have had a good life/easier circumstances perhaps take a little time out to think about/help those who are less fortunate.

[Caliga]

I don't think that's the premise of the quiz at all. I think it is more of, if you have had a good life/easier circumstances perhaps take a little time out to think about/help those who are less fortunate.

No.

[Hamilcar]

I reject the premise of this quiz.

The premise that people can be privileged?

The premise that the less privileged the are, the more morally superior you are. It's like the modern left took a look at the Nazi moral hierarchy and inverted it, except that Jews are still at the bottom.

I don't think that's the premise of the quiz at all. I think it is more of, if you have had a good life/easier circumstances perhaps take a little time out to think about/help those who are less fortunate.

On the contrary, these quizzes are dreamed up by people who old a moral world view based on victimhood.

[garbon]

I reject the premise of this quiz.

The premise that people can be privileged?

The premise that the less privileged the are, the more morally superior you are. It's like the modern left took a look at the Nazi moral hierarchy and inverted it, except that Jews are still at the bottom.

I don't think that's the premise of the quiz at all. I think it is more of, if you have had a good life/easier circumstances perhaps take a little time out to think about/help those who are less fortunate.

On the contrary, these quizzes are dreamed up by people who old a moral world view based on victimhood.

On what evidence do you base that? Do you follow the work of Rega Jha, Tommy Wesely and Jessica Massa?

[garbon]

Tell your doc to add Abilify

That's not a fun one.

[Martinus]

The privilege and intersectionality bullshit basically abrogates personal responsibility. You suck at life not because you are dumb or lazy, but because you are "unprivileged"; conversely if you achieve success it's not your own doing but because you had an "easy life" so you should feel guilty about it.

It also strips people of their individuality and character, instead seeing them as simple cogs whose actions and life paths are only determined by the identity groups to which they belong.

To add insult to injury, most "metrics" used to measure "privilege" would probably conclude that Berkut had a more privileged upbringing than garbon.

[Hamilcar]

Thanks Mart, was too lazy to type.

What's worse, the constant emphasis on privilege and lack of personal accountability makes me *less* empathetic to people who face genuine barriers. I regularly encounter people who suck at their job and blame everything from "the patriarchy" to "cis-male white hegemony" for their poor performance. Yet they cannot countenance spending one second on introspection to realize maybe, just *maybe* the reason for their lack of success is not mysterious invisible forces of oppression, but their own lack of intelligence and persistence.

[Martinus]

By the way, I took the test. Got 35/100.

Though admittedly, Languish posters (especially Raz, Jaron and Fireblade) are responsible for lowering my score by at least 30 points. 

[Martinus]

Thanks Mart, was too lazy to type.

What's worse, the constant emphasis on privilege and lack of personal accountability makes me *less* empathetic to people who face genuine barriers. I regularly encounter people who suck at their job and blame everything from "the patriarchy" to "cis-male white hegemony" for their poor performance. Yet they cannot countenance spending one second on introspection to realize maybe, just *maybe* the reason for their lack of success is not mysterious invisible forces of oppression, but their own lack of intelligence and persistence.

Yeah. I mean I used to think that some people dislike me because I'm gay. Only recently I realised in most cases it's actually probably because I'm an asshole.