Boycott Atlus

[rpgdemon]

Originally Posted by Sifright

I'm not sure how to respond to this post really.

I mean it's pretty clear you're missing the entire point as to what privilege actually entails.

No, I think you're missing the point of what he was saying. If I'm not mistaken, Pip was saying that he has no dog in this fight, aside from wanting to support it out of the goodness of his heart. He is privileged enough to not have to care about it.

Despite that, he did* care, and wanted to ask about the specific issues and get more clarification. When someone does that, if you respond with, "You just don't agree because of white privilege", you're hurting your cause.

*I use the past tense, because his current posts indicate that he doesn't want to deal with this anymore, and is no longer interested in the cause. Because of the response to his questions and criticisms.

Speaking from experience, I was about to do the same thing when I was called terrible for bringing up points that I thought should be considered. I have no dog in the fight, I am only in it because I actually care. To be told, "YOU'RE A HORRIBLE WHITE PRIVILEGED PERSON ASSHOLE" just makes me want to say, "Fuck it, I'm NOT going to pass this along to my friend who'd be interested in it, there are other, better, causes that I could be helping." If you want people to get involved, who have no dog in the fight, don't try to chase them out for having a criticism or complaint.