^ To be clear, I don't think anyone was saying your concern was invalid. We all acknowledged that using such terms can be unproductive. Everyone is sensitive about certain things - even if not always the same things - and avoiding certain 3rd rail topics can be helpful.
Although I do disagree with the implication that everyone has equal privilege in every context and therefore no one should raise the matter. It should be pretty clear that some people are more privileged than others both overall and in certain contexts and that this affects the substance of the issue. Privilege is, in many ways, just a synonym for power. And power always plays an important role in how a society changes and functions. I remember it was literally in our introductory community design class that the textbook described the importance of power mapping when embarking on major planning projects. Basically creating a map of key stakeholders and demographics, what their interests are, the connections between them, the flows and sources of money, etc. Mainly because powerful vested interests are often what determine whether a plan is successful or not. So power and privilege is essential for planner and public policy makers to acknowledge and discuss.
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"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw
Don't ask people not to debate a topic. Just stop making debatable assertions. Problem solved.
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