. Success depends on many factor, from your intrisic quality to how much your work to blind luck to, well, yeah, privilege. Just because other factors (including luck) meant you didn't achieve in a particular case doesn't mean there is no advantage. My +2 on my roll still is there even if I failed the roll.
I enjoy this metaphor.
I wasn't quite arguing the same thing at the time... Because I am a very unclear person.
Though you are right it is a good metaphor.
Edit: Ok, I HOPE this is the best version of this post I can make. I had to edit this 4 times.
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Edit: Deleted this part because honestly it isn't important... Or at least less important than topic peace.
Edit 2: Then again perhaps I should bring it up later since it does show the exact problem protecting an ideology with blanket protections is that people will abuse the same protections and that such protections have been abused. Perhaps the antagonism towards being critical is at its heart the problem.
The fact that someone will blanket demonize another group, but then go on to say that their group deserves special consideration and understanding might be inviting irony.
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I can't really tell what you guys were talking about in the end there, so this is unrelated.
Youtuber Contrapoints posted an interesting artsy video trying to capture her experience of gender dysphoria. Worth a watch!
How Cringe is it? Or more specifically how sad is it?
I can only take soo much sadness.