Busiek blabbers about white privilege
2 Comments Published by Avi Green on Wednesday, January 03, 2018 at 11:02 AM.
Here goes Busiek arguing with other tweeters again, and not coming off very impressively. Here's where it begins:
There's much better stuff one could wish for, but Busiek's missed every chance. What we could wish for is that Busiek would just let it all go, or that his editors/publishers would tell him to knock it off with stuff we'd rather not hear.
Umm, if the discussion is about lesbians, they do have it harder than men, if we take Andrea Constand's case at Temple University as an example: the board of trustees under Patrick O'Connor didn't take any action against Bill Cosby when he was first accused of assault by Constand, her lesbian leanings notwithstanding. And she's white. Oh, must we mention that this is a mostly liberal establishment in focus here at Temple? So what's his point anyway?
Busiek didn't try to discuss anything seriously. Nor does he consider the notion a ladies' room where men are allowed in under the basis they're allegedly transgender will be all peaceful is pure imagination at its worst.
So only heterosexual white men have privilege, but not homosexual white men like Harvey Milk, Kevin Spacey and Bryan Singer? I fail to see the logic here. But, since he's so concerned about straight rich whites, how about liberal white men like Bill Clinton and Harvey Weinstein? If he hasn't even brought such loathsome left-wingers into discussion, nor how the latter was a donor to the campaigns of the former and his wife, there's no use complaining about privileged white guys, I'm afraid. Say, and what about Eddie Berganza, who, from what I've learned, was a native of Guatemala? He was protected by the higher echelons at DC, and one could say he had his own privilege provided. That doesn't count?
Then it'd have to be there regarding the other type of white men too, wouldn't it? Even non-whites like Bill Cosby, who exploited his background for violating dozens of white women, and black women too.
So let me get this straight. He's trying to say whites all have advantages in the health industry, but not blacks? Sorry, does not compute when you consider all the not-so-rich whites out there who aren't faring as well. Like, for example, my own grandmother from my mother's side of the family, whose doctors didn't do a good job and ultimately failed her health by the time she'd passed away in 1986. There's also an aunt and uncle of mine who once lived in Broward County, Florida, who're far from wealthy, and the healthcare they got was very iffy. But hey, if he wants a white man who's got a most unfair advantage in the health industry, how about Jean-Marie Le Pen, who seems to be rolling in dough at his advanced age, and has lived as long as he has just to undermine France's efforts to stop Islamofascism properly, along with his daughter Marine's own political campaign? I have no doubt the establishment there was quite fine with having him around just for that reason.
Including individuals like Busiek!
It also makes no sense to differentiate based on racial background.
In that case, he'll have to acknowledge privilege exists among the left. Later, when one guy points out how there've been disparaging comments about Ben Carson, possibly by "woke" SJWs, he says:
Wait a sec. Does that mean he's minimizing any grave issues involving the hostility Carson's facing as a conservative? I'm afraid that's just boomeranging back to one-sided attacks on the right again, all the while ignoring any errors made by the left. Bad deeds exist on both sides of the political spectrum, and if Busiek's only interested in one, then nothing will ever be solved.
And maybe winged monkeys could fly out of Donald Trump’s butt at midnight on New Year’s EST.— Kurt Busiek Resists (@KurtBusiek) December 31, 2017
“Could be” is a wish. https://t.co/WP0D5uMpUZ
There's much better stuff one could wish for, but Busiek's missed every chance. What we could wish for is that Busiek would just let it all go, or that his editors/publishers would tell him to knock it off with stuff we'd rather not hear.
This is gibberish. It’s saying, essentially, that if you imagine two people with only tiny differences, poor queer black women don’t actually have it harder than rich straight white men. https://t.co/JAzYhK6Xi5— Kurt Busiek Resists (@KurtBusiek) December 31, 2017
Umm, if the discussion is about lesbians, they do have it harder than men, if we take Andrea Constand's case at Temple University as an example: the board of trustees under Patrick O'Connor didn't take any action against Bill Cosby when he was first accused of assault by Constand, her lesbian leanings notwithstanding. And she's white. Oh, must we mention that this is a mostly liberal establishment in focus here at Temple? So what's his point anyway?
You didn’t try to discuss anything seriously, you what-iffed and could-be’d. That imagination, not argument.— Kurt Busiek Resists (@KurtBusiek) December 31, 2017
Busiek didn't try to discuss anything seriously. Nor does he consider the notion a ladies' room where men are allowed in under the basis they're allegedly transgender will be all peaceful is pure imagination at its worst.
That doesn’t make "the concept of privilege entirely irrelevant.” Even for those two people. https://t.co/NTQEwPZJpA— Kurt Busiek Resists (@KurtBusiek) December 31, 2017
The rich straight white guy has privilege operating in his benefit in many, many ways, even if he’s sick. Privilege isn’t one giant thing that makes life perfect; it operates on all kinds of levels.— Kurt Busiek Resists (@KurtBusiek) December 31, 2017
So only heterosexual white men have privilege, but not homosexual white men like Harvey Milk, Kevin Spacey and Bryan Singer? I fail to see the logic here. But, since he's so concerned about straight rich whites, how about liberal white men like Bill Clinton and Harvey Weinstein? If he hasn't even brought such loathsome left-wingers into discussion, nor how the latter was a donor to the campaigns of the former and his wife, there's no use complaining about privileged white guys, I'm afraid. Say, and what about Eddie Berganza, who, from what I've learned, was a native of Guatemala? He was protected by the higher echelons at DC, and one could say he had his own privilege provided. That doesn't count?
Sure, the rich guy doesn’t have an easier time with anything — not insurance, not relatives coming to visit, not doctors being willing to treat him, because if all you look at it one factor (e’s sick) the rest is irrelevant.— Kurt Busiek Resists (@KurtBusiek) December 31, 2017
Except it isn’t, it’s still there. https://t.co/lT3QSVckXw
Then it'd have to be there regarding the other type of white men too, wouldn't it? Even non-whites like Bill Cosby, who exploited his background for violating dozens of white women, and black women too.
Being healthy is an advantage. But that doesn’t magically make being white not one. It’s still there.— Kurt Busiek Resists (@KurtBusiek) December 31, 2017
If you argue that rich white guys who are fatally ill have serious problems, so therefore privilege is irrelevant at an individual level, you’re saying that Donald Trump’s privilege is irrelevant when compared to Erica Garner’s, because they’re individuals.— Kurt Busiek Resists (@KurtBusiek) December 31, 2017
So let me get this straight. He's trying to say whites all have advantages in the health industry, but not blacks? Sorry, does not compute when you consider all the not-so-rich whites out there who aren't faring as well. Like, for example, my own grandmother from my mother's side of the family, whose doctors didn't do a good job and ultimately failed her health by the time she'd passed away in 1986. There's also an aunt and uncle of mine who once lived in Broward County, Florida, who're far from wealthy, and the healthcare they got was very iffy. But hey, if he wants a white man who's got a most unfair advantage in the health industry, how about Jean-Marie Le Pen, who seems to be rolling in dough at his advanced age, and has lived as long as he has just to undermine France's efforts to stop Islamofascism properly, along with his daughter Marine's own political campaign? I have no doubt the establishment there was quite fine with having him around just for that reason.
But we can easily see Trump’s privilege operating, right there, benefiting an individual. The idea that another white guy may be seriously ill doesn’t mean that privilege is irrelevant to individuals. It means that the sick guy is sick, and that’s a bad thing...— Kurt Busiek Resists (@KurtBusiek) December 31, 2017
…but privilege is still a thing, and it’s still relevant, even among individuals.— Kurt Busiek Resists (@KurtBusiek) December 31, 2017
Including individuals like Busiek!
Of course it’s relevant to that individual. And even if it weren’t, then it’s relevant to other individuals. Trying to use a sick guy as a privilege-doesn’t-exist-on-an-individual-level card makes no sense. https://t.co/6NAGVI1Duv— Kurt Busiek Resists (@KurtBusiek) December 31, 2017
It also makes no sense to differentiate based on racial background.
No, it’s not assuming any such thing. https://t.co/XSzKPc5Hm5— Kurt Busiek Resists (@KurtBusiek) December 31, 2017
What one person prefers does not mean privilege doesn’t exist. Or even that that one person is unaffected by it. https://t.co/47mErszg8u— Kurt Busiek Resists (@KurtBusiek) December 31, 2017
It doesn’t make those “specific struggles” unaffected by privilege, either.— Kurt Busiek Resists (@KurtBusiek) December 31, 2017
We can imagine two people with levels of privilege so close together that it’s hard to see a difference, though both of them have privilege. We can also imagine two people with wildly different levels of privilege.— Kurt Busiek Resists (@KurtBusiek) December 31, 2017
To say that privilege is irrelevant on an individual level...
In that case, he'll have to acknowledge privilege exists among the left. Later, when one guy points out how there've been disparaging comments about Ben Carson, possibly by "woke" SJWs, he says:
…is to say it’s irrelevant to the situations all four individuals we’ve imagined, because they’re individuals.— Kurt Busiek Resists (@KurtBusiek) December 31, 2017
It isn’t. It’s relevant to all four of their situations.
There’s no question there. There’s not even a sentence there. https://t.co/k3i63ChUWR— Kurt Busiek Resists (@KurtBusiek) December 31, 2017
Wait a sec. Does that mean he's minimizing any grave issues involving the hostility Carson's facing as a conservative? I'm afraid that's just boomeranging back to one-sided attacks on the right again, all the while ignoring any errors made by the left. Bad deeds exist on both sides of the political spectrum, and if Busiek's only interested in one, then nothing will ever be solved.
Labels: misogyny and racism, moonbat writers, politics
Kurt is "woke" now that he's made his mark on comics. He never would consider giving up HIS privilege to allow a woman or a minority to take HIS job -- then or now -- because, for a well-to-do progressive white guy, just being down with the "cause" is good enough.
Kurt is resisting because he wants to keep getting assignments in comics and wants his books ordered by librarians, who are considered the future customers for comic books. Since librarians are overwhelmingly socially liberal, he has to display that he is an acceptable kind of white man, a white man who is self-flagellating himself for his "Whitness".
What people have failed to notice is that the gatekeepers in comics, the administrative staff of comics and journalists that cover comics, in the last eighteen years has been staffed by people with social justice degrees. Womens Studies', African American studies, etc. Axel Alonso, the recent sjw EIC of Marvel, had a sociology degree, which is practically a degree in Critical Theory. I had a sociology teacher in college, back before sjws were a thing, who said that falsification of data within sociology was rampant--which means people with strong political views coming out with social justice degrees will lie and smear as much as possible to push an agenda--These people, who earned useless degrees did not all go get McJobs, they were hired for administrative and journalist positions--and although they earn much less money than administrative staff and journalists did in the past--and less money than their peers who choose more sensible majors in college--they revel in the fact that they can destroy people who are more successful than them with lies and smears.
Kurt is well aware that a someone with clear and obvious mental disabilities like Daryl Ayo can destroy him on social media and so he treads carefully.