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As a white person, I cannot help but feel some shame at the overweening privilege of white people whose grandiosity in describing their struggles always goes too far. These are the people for whom equality feels like oppression
No, Karen, the use of the word Karen to describe privileged white women asserting their privilege at the expense of people of color is not the equivalent of a racist epithet used to assert white supremacy. https://twitter.com/EmillySwaven/status/1251964304150183936
No, Heather, a governor issuing a stay-at-home order is not a Little Hitler and nonessential workers told to stay home is not the same as being sent to a death camp https://www.idahostatejournal.com/coronavirus/idaho-rep-heather-scott-calls-governor-little-hitler-compares-nonessential-workers-to-holocaust-victims/article_1b70f69d-769d-5266-9551-098f7b8f5eb4.html
No, Bernie, exploited mine workers are not slaves, selling a mining company is not the same as selling slaves, and service workers are not chattel slaves https://www.thedailybeast.com/bernie-sanders-once-compared-vermont-workers-to-black-slaves?ref=home
There are thousands of stupid examples, but for brevity, a brief synopsis. The only thing like chattel slavery is chattel slavery, the only thing like the Holocaust is the Holocaust, the only thing like the n-word is the n-word.
There are better metaphors. Don't be stupid.
There are better metaphors. Don't be stupid.
