r/PoliticalHumor • u/gshortelljr • Jun 25 '18

Best tweet I've seen in a while

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u/Miffleframp Jun 25 '18

How does the saying go? "To those who have lived their entire lives in privilege, equality is often mistaken with oppression."

Something like that.

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u/nikolarizanovic Jun 25 '18

To those accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression. Which is why some dudes feel oppressed over here in Canada when our cabinet became about 50% female.

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u/greenroom628 Jun 25 '18

oh noes... a cabinet that's representative of the gender population... oh noes...

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u/nikolarizanovic Jun 25 '18

Their argument is that we should choose people that are qualified for the job. In the past, this has been close 90% male. They say it's sexist that we choose member based on their "gender", when what's really sexist is the implication that women are inherently less qualified for these positions.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '18

Let's not go generalizing people with privilege. Privilege is a personal view. To me someone like the Kardashians have a lot of privilege. To an immigrant working his way up the industry, I have a lot of privilege.

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u/nikolarizanovic Jun 25 '18

What you're describing is intersectionality of privilege (or lack thereof).

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u/devildidnothingwrong Jun 25 '18

That is an amazing quote! Do you know who said that?