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NullTuples

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11. Younger generations are sometimes more open to giving up a an infinitesimal bit of privilege
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 11:21 PM
Dec 2022

and abiding by some other groups' rules as the very barest of baselines of good faith, or at least adherence to social pressure to not assert their privilege at every opportunity.

Older ones? Not so much, I've found. A white person asserting that they get to decide when the word is used - regardless of their age - is asserting white privilege, dead stop.

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I'm white wryter2000 Dec 2022 #1
What generation drmeow Dec 2022 #2
Age shouldn't matter. 2naSalit Dec 2022 #3
That's not my point drmeow Dec 2022 #4
Do you understand wryter2000 Dec 2022 #9
I'm sorry drmeow Dec 2022 #12
Younger generations are sometimes more open to giving up a an infinitesimal bit of privilege NullTuples Dec 2022 #11
Thank you for your helpful response drmeow Dec 2022 #13
Boomer wryter2000 Dec 2022 #5
+1 2naSalit Dec 2022 #6
You are making an assumption drmeow Dec 2022 #10
If you don't think it's okay wryter2000 Dec 2022 #14
Old story: cbabe Dec 2022 #7
Yes, we have no business using that word, for any reason relayerbob Dec 2022 #8
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