[stale2002]

Sure, it would suck to have some sort of very serious mental disorder that forced one to hyper fixate on things that they have no ability to control or effect, and for which it is detrimental to focus on that as opposed to one's immediate and day to day problems.

So, in some sense it is a "privilege" to not have such a rare and extreme problem.

But, mostly the privilege is in the other direction, and the people with the privilege are the ones who dont have other serious problems in their life that they can afford to spend all their time and effort focusing on something that they have little ability to effect or change and aren't directly related to their immediate problems.

Most the people with material problems are the ones with the less privilege here, even though, yes in some rare cases the inability to avoid focusing on things that are irrelevant to ones day to day and immediate problems can be an issue.

> is life free of that burden.

Quite the opposite. People with actual burdens don't have the time, effort, or luxury to focus on things that are outside of their immediate issues.

They have things to do and problems to solve that are hurting them seriously in the material world.

Its the rich and wealthy, and undiscriminated that have the privilege to be morally pure all the time.

[kelseyfrog]

Maybe you can give an example where you feel like you had to compromise your morals because you're not rich, wealthy, and undiscriminated? It would help to have something tangible to talk about.

[stale2002]

> had to compromise your morals

Well, going back to the original hypothetical that was brought up about making friends with racists.

Befriending the racists can actually be a pretty effective way of getting the racists to stop assaulting you at school every day.

If that example is too extreme, you can go with "making friends with people to work together on homework so you can graduate".

And, you are what you pretend to be sometimes, and eventually that stuff can turn into real friendships.

I would never judge someone for doing that.

But you seem to think that making moral "compromises" must mean that one's life is free from burdens.

By all means, do what you need to do in your life.

But, it is extraordinarily insulting that you are calling people privileged for having the "luxury" of not being morally pure, and not being able to pick and choose perfect friends.

[kelseyfrog]

It sounds like you find my outlook reprehensible.

This is a great example of how communication between people with different outlooks breaks down. We'll eventually get frustrated, call it quits, and never speak again. It's the exact pattern played out in miniature.

[stale2002]

I'm curious, why did you ask a question of me if you didn't care about what my answer was?

[kelseyfrog]

The answer was repeating my example when I asked for one of your own. It felt like you didn't really care what my question was. Is there nothing that causes you to feel like you are compromising your morals?

The example you gave with having to make friends to get a good grade, I'm unsure how that relates to compromising your morals. Is that an experience you personally went through? What was that like for you?

[stale2002]

> The example you gave with

I will repeat and rephase the answer which you may have misunderstood:

Circumstances, like someone preventing one's self from being assaulted every day by racists or racial supremacists, seems like a pretty clear cut example of someone who has less privilege.