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Originally Posted by Phil McAvity
You live in Kits/Fairview and you want to talk to me about privilege? I'll bet the average house in your neighborhood is worth twice what the average house in my Victoria neighborhood is worth. Just using the word privilege strongly suggests you're a lefty because I don't hear that word a lot from centrists and right-wingers who understand that anyone can overcome their station in life through hard work but people that believe that others are "privileged" typically like to play the victim card every chance they get by chalking up their own failures to others simply having more "privilege" than them. Also, i've experienced the DTES first hand because I lived there, have you?
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I see you’ve run out of things to say, so you have to try and go at me instead. Classy. For the record, I never called you privileged, I called your argument privileged. The kids you have experience with, they may be naive and carefree. Others are more aware of the world than you’d think.
Yes, I live near Kitsilano. No, while our rent is in-line with most of Victoria, I’m not here to play Hardship Olympics with you. Yes, I’ve had experience with the DTES. No, church, two parents or less “feminism” wouldn’t do squat – the eleven churches, men’s resource centre and number of homeless from nuclear families proves they're not exactly making a difference. Having enough disposable income and a secure home in order to not get stuck in the area's poverty trap in the first place? That just might.
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