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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe day they realise it is not all about them...
...will be a great day for the rest of us. They have told us it is all about them for a millenia. The privileged whiny waaahhhh what about MY RIGHTS crowd, always try and steal the narrative and make it about them. It is as good an example of undeserved privilege as any.
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The day they realise it is not all about them... (Original Post)
Soph0571
Sep 2020
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BobsYourUncle
(120 posts)1. K&R
Simple truths. Why should it be hard to embrace?
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)2. Agreed
But, I dont see it anytime soon.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)3. K&R!
Joinfortmill
(14,417 posts)4. Exactly
flamin lib
(14,559 posts)5. It is exactly that. Undeserved.
When you've had something as long as us white men have it becomes a fixture that we don't even notice until someone else wants something like it. Then the zero sum mentality comes to play; if you get some of what I've got it MUST be taken from me, right? They, we, don't understand how everyone having what they, we, have everyone has more of it. Including them, us.
eppur_se_muova
(36,261 posts)6. Respect is anything BUT a zero-sum game. nt
Cosmo Blues
(2,481 posts)7. Well said
Now The Simpsons need a half hour learning show to penetrate the minds of the immature
Soph0571
(9,685 posts)8. Hey love
I love that you are here