Ugh, this sort of thing annoys me so much (the thing that is the cause of your confusion). There is no such thing as Get It and good vs Not Get It and bad. People like their neat little categories, but they really ought to get more than two.
I'm reminded of something that happened at a conference the Dutch Women's Council held to celebrate their 100th anniversary. In the conference hall they had put up posters that showed landmarks in women's rights. One of those posters carried a quote from a male parliamentarian: "I don't see why women should not have the vote."
The woman I was standing next to when I read that poster said, "Ah, some men supported the cause of women."
Well, duh. If not at least 51 men in Second Chamber and at least 26 in First Chamber thought that women should be able to vote, women would not have gotten the vote. (Minimum number of parliamentarians who have to vote in favour of a law to have it passed, at the time women's suffrage was voted for. Strangely enough, perhaps, women could be elected into parliament (and one was) before they could vote for parliament.)
I think the woman who made the comment was supposed to be one of those people in the Get It category, but I don't think she actually got the part that the people with the privileges are not evil. Which is a good thing, because you need their support to change things.
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Date: 2010-11-24 10:34 am (UTC)I'm reminded of something that happened at a conference the Dutch Women's Council held to celebrate their 100th anniversary. In the conference hall they had put up posters that showed landmarks in women's rights. One of those posters carried a quote from a male parliamentarian: "I don't see why women should not have the vote."
The woman I was standing next to when I read that poster said, "Ah, some men supported the cause of women."
Well, duh. If not at least 51 men in Second Chamber and at least 26 in First Chamber thought that women should be able to vote, women would not have gotten the vote. (Minimum number of parliamentarians who have to vote in favour of a law to have it passed, at the time women's suffrage was voted for. Strangely enough, perhaps, women could be elected into parliament (and one was) before they could vote for parliament.)
I think the woman who made the comment was supposed to be one of those people in the Get It category, but I don't think she actually got the part that the people with the privileges are not evil. Which is a good thing, because you need their support to change things.