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    Ok I’ve heard all kinds of different reasons someone might be privileged, but doing work on the ground for years and laying the groundwork for real activism rather than whatever the hell you call this terminally online bullshit, is now what you people call privilege?

    This shit is why Occupy died.

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      ground activism is great! but this person’s comment pretty much sums up to “whichever if the two candidates win in November, I won’t be effected enough to consider not tossing my vote into the trash to prove a point,” as do all 3rd party arguments. that’s privileged.

      many many people quite literally have their lives on the line with this election, it’s extremely disrespectful to put them all in danger for some self centered, ill-thought out attempt at morality.

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      Occupy died because of “terminally online bullshit”? I guess that terminally online bullshit is either more effective than what you’re suggesting or your analysis sucks.

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        One whole paragraph followed by a comment like that implies someone is usually talking about the whole episode going on and not just the keywords you singled out.

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          I still don’t get why you think occupy died, but regardless it wasn’t because of online shit or coopted lingo.

          I’ve bumped into a bunch of you online socialists before and every one of you thinks your efforts made some profound difference when in reality socialism is still a nothing nowhere movement in the US and we get more fascist every election cycle.

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            we get more fascist every election cycle

            And whose fault is that? When you give your vote away for free you get rightward drift. Make the fuckers earn it instead of leaving the switch on Vote Blue No Matter Who like the good little liberal you are.

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      Yep, people here call me privileged too.

      Um, I’m biracial, bisexual, and barely make above minimum wage. But because I disagree with some on here, I’m “privileged.” lmao

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        Friend, people say I’m privileged just because I’m shilling for Trump, er, I mean Stein, or Socialist stuff or something. Can you believe that shit?!

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        “Debt-free” “Woke-free” (Both according to your profile) You’re privileged as hell dude.

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          How does that make me “privileged”?

          I’m not white. I’m not straight. I grew up in poverty. I’m not rich. I don’t have a high-paying job. I don’t have college education (yet). So tell me, how am I privileged?!

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            I grew up in poverty. I’m not rich. I don’t have a high-paying job.

            And yet somehow you’re debt-free.

            I’m not straight.

            And yet somehow you’re woke-free.

            I can’t connect the dots for you, but geeze.

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              And yet somehow you’re debt-free.

              I saved to buy my crappy car. I saved to buy my crappy bike. And I pay for school, one course at a time (which is why I still don’t have a degree.) I took a job as a janitor so that I could work somewhere with tuition reimbursement. Networked my way up to teacher’s aide. Pay is 10 cents more.

              And yet somehow you’re woke-free.

              What does that have to with anything about sexuality or being privileged?!

              You know, just because someone believes differently than you, doesn’t make them privileged.

              I’m a biracial, bisexual, poor dude. Nothing about me is privileged. You make more money than me, I promise. Are you privileged?