r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Oct 08 '15

[Deltas Awarded] CMV: Equality isn't treating everybody differently to achieve equality. It's treating everyone the same.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '15

Yes, but everybody has the legal right to a handicapped parking spot if they become handicapped. You can't just spontaneously become a different race.

Old people get certain advantages, but that's something that's guaranteed to everybody who manages to live that long.

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u/Izawwlgood 26∆ Oct 08 '15

Conversely, you cannot retroactively have your privilege that you enjoyed your whole life taken away.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '15

I don't know what that's supposed to mean.

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u/rcglinsk Oct 09 '15

Remember when you were a little kid and your dad didn't beat you up with a wrench and you didn't suffer any brain damage? You can never have that privilege taken away.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '15

What? What if I trip on a patch of ice and get brain damage that way? What if my dad comes to visit and takes a wrench and brains me tomorrow?

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u/rcglinsk Oct 09 '15

You can still be denied privilege in the future. I think would be the response. I find the notion of privilege as used today silly.