So at this point in social justice, we now have people derisively saying things like 'Social Justice Tumblr' or 'Twitter activists,' which point out problematic themes, just not the one of note for this post. Another major theme of this ongoing 'battle' between social justice activists or advocates of any ilk and those who disagree to varying degrees is people who also talk about privilege as though it doesn't exist. There's no doubt that this word leaves a bad taste in many people's mouths, some because it's 'overused' and others because they think it's a stupid concept. Regardless, there's a big reason behind this. We're too used to seeing things in essentialistic terms and, most of all, we're scared to use the mental energy it takes to process these distressful feelings and we take the easy, defensive, route.
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