Questionable Content 11: It's Like Seeing a Unicorn

[The Extinguisher]

And how can you not see the other 95% of that quote explaining why "privilege" is a toxic, insulting concept that views the problems at hand through a malignant mirror?

Because the people who have issue with the word are the ones who are described by the word. Its the same as when people get upset by the word cis. White people being upset at the concept of white privilege aren't worth my sympathy. Maybe instead of yelling that you dont like the word, do something about all these inequalities you claim not like.

The use of the word "privilege" has long predated it's use on tumblr etc; it's a term that's used in biology and sociology. And the term does not at all imply any personal moral failings on the part of the person who has privilege, or at least it didn't until a bunch of people on the tumblr echo chamber got their hands on it.

All it means is "due to circumstances - mostly out of your control - you have an advantage over other people and may not be aware of these advantages". The implication of "and that makes you a terrible person" is something that has been tacked on, rather than something fundamental to the term.

No one thinks that except for the strawmen you have built up in your head and painted blue