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Comment author: MileyCyrus 04 July 2012 04:33:37PM 1 point [-]

I used the word "privilege"because I wanted to compare Jews to other groups that liberals label as privileged (white/Christian/men/cis/upper-class/ect.) Like white/Christian/men/cis/upper-class/ect, American Jews enjoy advantages that out-group members do not, and work to exclude out-group members from these advantages (opportunity hoarding).

LW doesn't like debates about what a word means, so instead of asking you what you think the definition of "privilege" is, I'm going to ask if you think my comparison of Jews to white/Christian/men/cis/upper-class people neglects something.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 05 July 2012 06:10:20AM -2 points [-]

I used the word "privilege"because I wanted to compare Jews to other groups that liberals label as privileged (white/Christian/men/cis/upper-class/ect.)

I don't see how this corresponds to a cluster in thing space.

Comment author: Pavitra 05 July 2012 07:50:58AM -2 points [-]

The cluster is more visible among the categories as such than among the persons who are members of the categories.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 06 July 2012 03:30:05AM 1 point [-]

The cluster is more visible among the categories as such than among the persons who are members of the categories.

I was assuming that. I still don't see how this corresponds to a cluster in category space unless you mean literally the cluster of categories liberals label as privileged. In which case, no liberals generally don't label Jews privileged.