Conversation

Notices

1. Dave Lane (lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Friday, 25-Mar-2022 06:05:01 UTC Dave Lane

   @bob One of the duties of those of us who've benefited from privilege (as I have) is to be the ones who poke our heads above the parapet to lead change that provides that rising tide. We can afford to, and I think it's our moral responsibility.

   • Cy (cy@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 25-Mar-2022 06:05:00 UTC Cy

     in reply to

     @lightweight @bob Careful not to let your noblisse oblige make you out to be a huge douche. People privilege you when they worry that you can change things, and also when they think it'll keep us divided and fragmented. That means you MIGHT have an opportunity to make a difference. If you do, then by all means screw over the jerks giving you false privilege, but it's your accomplishments that matter, not whether you are privileged.

     Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 likes this.
   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 25-Mar-2022 06:06:18 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

     in reply to

     • Cy
     @lightweight @cy @bob "noblesse oblige" is the duties of the aristocrat.
     
     en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noblesse…
   • Dave Lane (lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Friday, 25-Mar-2022 06:06:19 UTC Dave Lane

     in reply to

     • Cy

     @cy @bob not finding noblisse - but noblesse apparently means "nobility of a foreign country, often France"... Yeah, I can see how 'douche' might apply, but don't see how it applies to me in this context.