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thenewgreen  ·  3829 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: An open letter to privileged people who play devil’s advocate

    To be fair, there are many privileged devil’s advocates out there who are truly trying to figure things out. I know people who think best out loud, throwing ideas at me to see which sticks to their “friendly neighborhood feminist.” Your kind like to come at a concept from every angle before deciding what you think. You ask those of us who are knowledgeable on the subject to explain it to you again and again because in this world it is harder for you to believe that maybe the deck is stacked in your favor than to think of us as lazy, whining, or liars.
I read this paragraph and at first thought, "oh good, they acknowledge that some people of privilege are actually good and decent people in search of the same truths they are." And then I continued reading and realized... No such intention.

By the way, I sometimes play devils advocate sincerely to represent a missing part if a discussion.