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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find “blessed” language annoying because a blessing is a gift from God. Do you really think God gave you a nice house and loving partner and good teeth, but decided NOT to give those nice things to the rest of us? No. You probably think some of it is dumb luck (the teeth) and the rest of it is a combination of your own hard work and smarts. But saying you are “blessed” seems to make people feel better about saying “I have nice things! I’m happy and grateful!” Like they aren’t bragging. But God doesn’t withhold nice houses from undeserving folk and give them to the deserving, so I don’t see your nice house as a blessing. I see it as a result of our socio-economic system that rewards some kinds of labor and doesn’t compensate others as well. I don’t think God is a capitalist.[/quote]

Winning post in my book.

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This thread is deranged. The people flipping out about being called privileged (guess what, if you are posting on DCUM on a Sunday and have access to internet and some kind of device... you're privileged!) are embarrassing themselves. If having someone call you out on your privilege, or point out that there is some uncomfortable arrogance in using a term like "blessed" to describe your material wealth or good fortune, makes you this angry, you should be asking yourself why.

I'm a privilege person and people call me out on it and while it never feels great in the moment and sometimes I'm defensive, in the end I'm always okay with it because I can see, logically, that it's true. I don't find being called privileged insulting. It helps me understand the world better and have greater empathy for others, and it helps me understand my own life better. I don't find it upsetting or like an insult. I think it's a way for people with less inherent power to balance the scales a little bit, and that can only be a good thing. I don't want to exploit people, and I don't want to live a beautiful life if it means my neighbor is suffering.

It's basically the same stuff my 4 yo learns in preschool. A lot of people in this thread are less mature than preschoolers with the fits they are having.[/quote]

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