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1/2/2017

Check Your Privilege Cards: Yet One More Way To Smugly Say, “I Am Better Than You”

Filed under: General — Dana @ 11:21 am



[guest post by Dana]

And this is why we got Trump.

I’m a little late to this, but these nifty scold cards were originally suggested as Christmas gifts. However, I suppose you could still order them for the people in your life that are in need of your correction because they do not think like you, do not believe like you, and do not see the world through your particular lens:

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As noted:

All proceeds will be donated to Atlas: DIY, a center for immigrant youth in Brooklyn, and while a cashmere scarf might keep your family member warm for a while, the gift of self-awareness is forever.

They said without batting an eye.

–Dana

60 Responses to “Check Your Privilege Cards: Yet One More Way To Smugly Say, “I Am Better Than You””

  1. Yet more narrow-minded bigotry from the usual suspects.

    Dana (d17a61)

  2. Well I check every box except Hispanic, clearly crimethink.

    narciso (d1f714)

  3. It is a way of saying the “privileged” person is wrong.

    How come they don’t have a box for age, and which age is the privileged one?

    Sammy Finkelman (ec94de)

  4. as a strong black woman i feel i can best advance the cause of social justice with the scarves

    cashmere brings people together cause of how soft and warm it is, but these cards, they’re very dividey and obnoxious

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  5. The class diversitists are ugly people (i.e. character) with a notoriously Pro-Choice quasi-religious perspective.

    nn (de879d)

  6. https://global3.memecdn.com/i-am-a-strong-independent-black-woman_o_1364399.jpg

    Here all this time I thought Happyfeet was Spartacus.

    Wouldn’t it be funny if we find out “happyfeet” is Michelle Obama’s alias.

    papertiger (c8116c)

  7. What was the comment? “Good morning, Dad. Can you drop me off at school on your way to work?”

    nk (dbc370)

  8. I think I need one of those cards.

    Another sign of the appalling decline of our civilization:

    http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-skid-row-parade-20161231-story.html

    Patricia (5fc097)

  9. No, I am Spartacus!

    Rev. HoagieĀ® (785e38)

  10. Spartacus just turned 100 a couple of weeks ago.
    He’s five months younger than Olivia de Havilland.

    Cruz Supporter (102c9a)

  11. What is needed is this card:
    “So? Its my opinion to which I am entitled and your agreement or “relating” is not required. “

    Gramps (942f7b)

  12. I keep wondering: WHO, exactly, is the arbiter for which comments those dear, delicate, fragile “others” cannot “agree” {with} or “relate to” ?

    And then, WHO has sufficient moral discernment to appoint such arbiters?

    And again, beyond that … WHO gets to decide which hopelessly-feeble “others” constitute the weak and helpless doormats who *need* Big Fierce SJW crybullies to stand up for and protect them and their tender little sensibilities?

    And … can I go shoot me one of ’em and mount its head on the wall over my fireplace? BIG empty
    spot there; it needs a little sumthin’ as a conversation piece….

    Doo-Dah, Doo-Dah (973d47)

  13. HahahahahaHA!

    https://t.co/IuEiTxCTnU

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  14. Whoops…

    “This will go great with my set of “go fvck yourself” cards”

    — neontaster

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  15. Since the progressives are so keen on passing out cards, does this signal a change in their attitude toward green cards and voter ID cards? (LOL)

    Cruz Supporter (102c9a)

  16. It’s funny how there is no shame attached to being bigoted and intolerant. Like, shouldn’t that aready be built-in?

    Dana (d17a61)

  17. Employed
    Pay Taxes
    Veteran
    College Graduate
    Own a Car, with current licence and Registration
    Have a Home
    Don’t Smoke
    Don’t use Drugs
    Shave and Shower Daily
    Not Obease
    Never Arrested
    Have Valid I’D
    ETC.

    ropelight (81ae3a)

  18. Now would be a good time to get my participation trophy.

    AZ Bob (f7a491)

  19. I don’t see a box for Canadian? Are they saying we aren’t privileged? We are doubled privileged, since we have the privileges of American’s but no one calls us on it. (if we say something politically incorrect usually we get a response like, Canada what’s that?, accompanied by a bored look.

    Steve D (6fbc1c)

  20. I wish the progressives were as angry at the late Fidel Castro or the Iranian Mullahs as they are at Republicans.

    Cruz Supporter (102c9a)

  21. 1)Order a box.
    2)Ahead of time, fill in the “other” line with “Self-righteous.”*
    3) Start handing them out to indignant lefties.

    *Unless you can think of a better term.

    Kishnevi (871225)

  22. I’m sorry. Ropelight’s brutal call for personal responsibility has triggered me.

    I’m retreating to my safe space.

    papertiger (c8116c)

  23. Probably going to suck my thumb a bit too.

    papertiger (c8116c)

  24. To some of these idiots, women who actually have vaginas are “privileged”.

    Holy Oke! A new expletive for you, papertiger.

    nk (dbc370)

  25. Words fail, talk about not getting the point.

    narciso (d1f714)

  26. I don’t need a card to remind me to check my privilege. I check it regularly, and find it to be in good order, thank you very much.

    Bill H (971e5f)

  27. First it was Trump, and now it’s George Michael. Soon Obama will be consined to the dustbin of failed presidents to take his ignominious place along side Jimmy Carter and LBJ. What’s a closet Lefty to do?

    ropelight (81ae3a)

  28. The clueless wimple wannabe at bezos, having gotten the hacking wrong, removes all doubt re robertscarr

    narciso (d1f714)

  29. 23… aw, why stop there, papertiger?!?! Go ahead and lick your balls, just cuz you can.

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  30. Teh Azzhole from Asbury Park is the rich man’s Tom Waits.

    Colonel Haiku (2601c0)

  31. Government employees in America are more privileged than anyone. (LOL)

    Cruz Supporter (102c9a)

  32. 29 ….. I’m now convinced Col Haiku is a crazy f**ker, and not in a cool way, just in a disturbed hobo shouting at sparrows and sidewalks way.

    papertiger (c8116c)

  33. New he just doesn’t suffer fools, Bruce has a modicum of talent, that’s been attenuated by pretense.

    narciso (d1f714)

  34. #29 Mr Colonel is crazy talented at writing haiku
    he also says funny things that make lefties and #nevertrumpers lose their ability to write poetry

    Cruz Supporter (102c9a)

  35. Just read comment #35, and suddenly I’m wondering which of the following is true:

    1) Cruz Supporter and happyfeet are one and the same person
    2) Cruz Supporter has decided to imitate happyfeet for some unholy reason
    3) Cruz Supporter recently suffered a traumatic brain injury

    Demosthenes (09f714)

  36. No, he’s rather distinctive from the Ethan hawk inpersonator,

    Does the Marvin the android bit get tiring after a while?

    narciso (d1f714)

  37. #36 mr happyfeet cracks me up
    so i pay homage by writing in lower-case letters and limiting my punctuation to special occasions

    Cruz Supporter (102c9a)

  38. @ 35 Okay. Let us see.

    Col Haiku the topic is fragile little snowflake moy, retreating to a safe space to suck my thumb in a state with no free parking. Put it in the form of haiku. Balls optional.

    Go.

    papertiger (c8116c)

  39. This is going to be good.

    felipe (023cc9)

  40. Toleration: What good people do, except of bad people.

    Kevin M (25bbee)

  41. @ narciso, #37:

    I assume that was directed at me. In which case, I have to say, not any more tired than your Gertrude Stein impression.

    Demosthenes (09f714)

  42. No explain it to me.

    bean (d1f714)

  43. “Able-bodied” ???

    Are they assuming that those who aren’t are disable-bodied

    Neo (d1c681)

  44. ah well.

    papertiger (c8116c)

  45. Since I’m so privileged, why the hell do I have to put up with these losers? Shouldn’t my privilege put me above them and they have to respect my station in society?

    NJRob (43d957)

  46. Don’t feel bad. I stole it. Jeff Bridges reads mean tweets

    papertiger (c8116c)

  47. sackatomatoes
    fragile little snowflake moy
    wif teh cleft palate

    Colonel Haiku (94c32c)

  48. @10 Cruz Supporter

    He’s 20 years younger than Moses.

    Pinandpuller (66e738)

  49. @19 Steve D

    George Lynch from the band Dokken was talking about their tour in Germany during the Reagan Administration.

    There was a sense of apprehension so they just told everyone they were from Canada.

    Pinandpuller (66e738)

  50. Pin, thats the type of band that needs to be at the inauguration. Their fortunes were manched by Tipper Gore and her little ol’ PMRC, to pave the way for country all the damn time from the exurbs on out.

    urbanleftbehind (5eecdb)

  51. Still working on the details, but what do y’all think of “Curb Your Sanctimony” cards?

    Front; “Uh oh, your sanctimony is showing”

    Back; “You received this card because your sanctimonious belief in one or more irrational faiths made you want to parade your moral superiority”

    Suggested checkboxes;

    Vegitarianism
    Animal Rights
    Renewable Energy
    Global Warming
    Multiculturalism

    Any suggestions? Comments?

    C. S. P. Schofield (99bd37)

  52. ..moral relativism
    ..biling-, multi-lingualism

    urbanleftbehind (5eecdb)

  53. check ’em all, and proud of every one-!

    NEoCon_1 (4d97ca)

  54. Whoaaah there…. wouldnt “Neo-Con” get a checkbox on C.S.P.’s bad kind of card in 2017?

    urbanleftbehind (5eecdb)

  55. Curb your sanctimony would actually be something real.

    Sammy Finkelman (eb0eea)

  56. Hey progressives! Let’s make a deal!
    We’ll carry our white “privilege” card in our wallet if you agree to abide by voter ID laws!

    Cruz Supporter (102c9a)

  57. Could not have picked a better post title. and…this thread is really funny too. The people who love virtue signaling with this kind of thing are…INSUFFERABLE. Gah!!

    no one of consequence (325a59)

  58. @51 urbanleftbehind

    I saw a Lynch Mob show about 12 years ago and they were awesome.

    The reason I bring it up is in relation to privilege and all of the crazy changes in the culture since then.

    There was an “old girl” running around the mosh pit drunk and topless. The thing is, she was built almost exactly like Iggy Pop. Some deputies warned her about three times to put something on but she persisted in ignoring them.

    She spotted them coming over to put the bracelets on and proceeded to sprint full speed away from them directly into a four strand barb wire fence.

    It was then that I realized how privileged I was to be able to take my shirt off at that Def Leppard concert in 1992.

    Pinandpuller (16b0b5)


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