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>but I feel you're talking past me.

I believe this is because you're still focused on the content/intent of your post, and I'm focused on the effect of your post.

>I know the answer

Then you're only asking it to affirm your own opinion, _assuming_ that I will agree with you.

All of what you're saying about oppression and likelihood and ignorance is true. That doesn't mean that you aren't _in effect_ assigning out rights to grievance based on your classification of what sort of person is an oppressed group.



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