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[MaggieL]

Originally posted by jaguar
Jsut to join in the victimfest try being under 18

OK, everybody on the Cellar who's never been under 18, raise your hands. Some of us have more experience at being under 18 than others, of course, but those of us who don't die early all ultimately achieve the same quota. Unless we're able to pass for older than we are, of course.

"VIctimfest" indeed. Tony's point about self-defined victimhood is on-point; there's a substantial "cult of the victim" in some political circles. After a while it gets old (if you'll pardon the expression) to those that aren't playing the game, especially when it's used as an argument for compensatory special privileges..

dham's talk about elments of your identity being an indelible part of that identity is bang-on as well. I'm thinking of Stan's dog "Sparky" (played by George Clooney) on South Park--("Sit up, Sparky. Beg, Sparky. Don't be gay, Sparky".)

You suppress or disguise parts of your identity to please or mollify others at your peril. And I suspect that the only solution to cops who watch black/arab/female/queer people more closely may be having more black/arab/female/queer cops.

Actually, I suppose getting all four in one should be some kind of triple-word-score. But finding a cop with no personal biases will be quite a trick.