Being the founder and CTO of a tech company which exploited its marginalized employees only for it to crash and burn and be sold to Github is privilege that we don't talk about nearly enough 😔
Co-opting the language of privilege to talk about an actual serious issue but in a self-aggrandizing way that centers your own privileged ass is a privilege that we don't talk about nearly enough 😔
Claiming that the multiply marginalized people giving criticism of your twitter thread are "trolls" is a form of privilege that we don't talk about nearly enough 😔
Not wearing a rubber and then claiming that makes you a savior of the human race is a form of privilege that we don't about nearly enough 😔
Writing a screed because you can no longer pay lower-class workers to do your parenting for you because of the pandemic is a form of privilege that we don't talk about nearly enough 😔
Being a richy-rich white cis tech bro claiming oppression during a global pandemic and societal upheaval (and co-opting such issues for your thread) is a form of privilege that we don't talk about nearly enough 😔
Claiming oppression as a white dude and paying only lip service to gender, class, and racial dynamics and queerphobia is a form of privilege that we don't about nearly 😔
Refusing to engage with valid criticisms such as:

* parenting is the norm and people who don't want kids are often shunned
* parenting is a choice and is not a "privilege" in the same way race, gender, and sexuality are

is a form of privilege that we don't talk enough 😔
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