Oprah Winfrey speaks out at the Golden Globe awards

A powerful speech. Given the “concern” expressed around here recently about opposition to the white male patriarchy morphing in some vague and unsupported way* into the persecution of put-upon and oppressed white men like myself, this bit is worth pulling:

And every man – every man who chooses to listen.

Key word: “chooses.” Really, my fellow privileged white males, it’s not so bloody difficult and, unless you’re an entitled and insecure greedpig, you lose nothing by making the choice to listen.

[* “something-something identity politics”]

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