[lbo-talk] Check your privilege: Rise of the Post-New Left political vocabulary

[Joseph S Barrera III]

On 02/04/2014 05:13 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
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>> On Feb 4, 2014, at 5:35 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
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>>> This is babbling nonsense. "Check your privilege" is simple bullshit. Or it
>>> could be a deliberate attempt to sabotage political discussion.
> I'm strongly with Carrol on this one. 'Privilege' is the stinkiest red herring
> ever dragged across the trail.

Telling someone to "check their privilege" is one of the quickest ways 
of getting them to stop listening to you.