The spirit of the first 10 amendments were all limitations on the government, not the people.

And the 10th Amendment is an important one. Powers not given to the Federal Government or restricted from the States by the Constitution are to be given to the States, or the people.

Utterly ignored today.

Meanwhile, overseas, we've got members of British parliament saying verbatim that the people should be accountable to the government...

One of the founding principles of the United States is that the Government is accountable to the People, always.

I just had a super dumb thought, but I could be onto something

If Social Justice Warriors believe that white people are inherently privileged, doesn't that mean they believe white people are superior just because they're white, therefore making SJWs apologetic white supremacists...?

@Vigil
Yes, basically

I think the opposite is also rather telling

For one to be superior

Another will be inferior comparatively. If they say whiteness itself has something superior to another.

Thats also imply all other races are inferior.

@Vigil That is the conclusion many people make. But you also could say because of inheriting wealth, education etc. other races will always be disadvantaged.

Another argument is that the police are biased against non-whites

Sure but bias is harder to measure than inheritance

Personally I think police bias lines up neatly with per capita crime stats, but that's not an airtight arguement against privilege.

Bias is subjective

At least until we finally get mindreading figured out
Then the world will finally be equal!

How is a white cis male who lives in South Africa as a farmer more privileged than Beyoncé

By ignoring qualities other than sex and race, e.g. geographical location, education, parental guidance and occupation, social justice becomes a sexist and racist theory by making life revolve around sex and race

@Vigil sure there are some people who would make a stupid argument. In that case you are right. But all the social justice advocates I met are fairly reaonable people.
I usually disagree more on HOW to vombat inequality not whether it exists

Oh yeah, there's definite cultural issues. I just don't believe they're defined by race or sex at all

And looking at some issues through the lens of being sex and race related, e.g. aiding minority presence in higher education through affirmative action, is ridiculous

Yes, each sex faces unique issues

Yes, there can be racial health problems that are genetic or cultural issues generally belonging to people of a certain racial identity

But at the end of the day I believe many people assume too much on those parts

Yes, some people suffer antisemitism, but that doesn't mean the word of a Jew matters more than any person of another faith

I believe people are equal, but unique

In that they are in unique positions but hold equal value *as people*

To the postmodernist, reality is subjective, so they can disregard you as unreasonable if you refuse to acknowledge your privilege, as it supposedly traps you in a bubble reality divorced from real world problems

It's pretty sad

This tweet has been showing up in my feed, this is what you're dealing with if you try to argue facts about who is actually privileged https://twitter.com/getfiscal/status/1041740358214995968

So many buzzwords, so smooth a brain

ive done that before but i was a tween and maybe could be forgiven for abusing the english language

i knew it was wrong when i was doing it but it felt fub

@Vigil
'each sex '

They act every day as if minorities are inferior to them anyway

even if they claim to be the most self loathing people

the worst part is that blacks and other minorities have bought into the sham

so if a republican wants to cut welfare benefits, those minorities screech about muh racism

when its actually those same policies that are racist, because it's based off of the assumption that minorities are too incapable to get ahead on their own