The Like/Hate Thread

[Ashe]

I have the same general thought process as Kaden. Essentially, the argument (in general, not necessarily saying that article) is saying "If you are a straight white male (and I am), then every complaint you make about something being a rough element of life is immediately dismissed and scoffed at because everyone else has it harder and you are obviously just being a spoiled whiny bitch." Do I think that most people, including myself, are being spoiled whiny bitches about too many first world problems? Of course. Do I think that said complaints should be dismissed on a basis of their skin color, gender, nationality, orientation, or whatever? I do not, because I think that shouldn't play a part. I would prefer to address a complaint and argument by addressing exactly that, rather than take into account the individual's details.

Then again, I am a straight, white, male, so I suppose that renders my entire ability to argue this stance moot by default, if I were to follow that line of thought.

To be clear, I'm not saying that this is never the case. What I'm saying is that its not as black and white as just saying "all straight, white, males need to stfu, at least you aren't black/gay/female!" I'm just throwing this out there, and maybe I'm doing it wrong, but my white, girls-preferred dick has done a pretty terrible job helping me just coast through life, because I damn sure haven't gotten free money or government assistance sent to my mail yet. I also want to be clear that I'm not arguing that my life is terrible and "super hard" either, because its not. I'm very aware of how good I have it and appreciate these things, even when I constantly bitch about other things.