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In reply to the discussion: Privilege = shit you don't have to put up with [View all]KitSileya
(4,035 posts)It's like those who post, 200 post into a thread, snarking about how they are supposed to feel guilty for being white/male/straight, after it's been explained at least 5 times in the previous 199 posts that being aware of your privilege doesn't mean feeling guilty for having said privilege.
It is meant to derail, and sap the real progressives of energy. Having to fight such basic fights on a message board that is meant not to be Democratic politics 101, but rather a board for Democrats....well, it is simply discouraging. And that is what they are aiming for, and what Skinner and EarlG don't seem to realize will kill the site, if not in number of hits every month, then in what those engaged here will accomplish in the real world. We are here to discuss with like-minded people, and when we have to fight the 101 fights over and over again, those who want more will drift away, and DU will be a place for the dregs.