Just another Dallen topic that doesn't fit anywhere (unless it does)

[Travis Retriever]

What's your take on the "check your privilege" fad of late? Personally, I think SOMETIMES it has a point BUT (and it's a huge but -a but so big that it cancels out any point the person using the phrase may have had) a) it pre-supposes that the person with the privilege is at fault for having said privilege and b) 8 out of 10 times, it makes the conversation more confrontational than it needs to be. I've never had it said to me, personally, but I can't really imagine saying "check your privilege" WITHOUT angry voice and Z snap. I understand that SOMETIMES it needs to be "jump down mutherfuckers throat confrontational", but there are other times (like most of the time) when something more inviting of conversation and consideration would be more productive.

I will always personally adore Hawkeye's response to that stupid phrase:

"Dearie, if I had privilege, YOU would be the one being told to shut up right now.  That's what privilege is.  The idea that I have privilege and therefore should shut up is a contradiction."

Makes their heads explode with anger.

[dallen68]

Do any of you know what "cirque du solei" actually is? I mean is it a band, a venue, a person, a random thing? I was under the impression that it was a trapeze act in vegas that performed to pop songs, but that's apparently a bogus interpretation.

[evensgrey]

Do any of you know what "cirque du solei" actually is? I mean is it a band, a venue, a person, a random thing? I was under the impression that it was a trapeze act in vegas that performed to pop songs, but that's apparently a bogus interpretation.

It's a multinational entertainment company that operates a number of not-actual-circus shows and derivative ventures all over the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirque_du_Soleil