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I think a huge reason why the check your privilegecheck your privilege question went so poorly was that it was a bad question that should be closed.

The question currently reads as:

Essentially, how do you politely respond to a random stranger that tries to 'check your privilege'.

But this is missing a lot of important information. Is the OP trying to politely disagree? Or is the OP trying to understand what yhethe phrase check your priviligeprivilege means? We can't actually give an answer tailored to the OPs needs without this information. Which is why the question recievedreceived a lot of answers that were about peoples opinion of the phrase, rather than answers that attempt to solve the OPs actual problem. This is why that question created drama.

IsIf a question is recievingreceiving answers that are mostly people trying to debate their personal opinionopinion, then that's a sign that something is wrong with the question.

I see that the check your privilege question has been reopened, which is a mistake. Close it, and get better about closing these sorts of questions quickly in the future. Don't let them spiral out of control.

I think a huge reason why the check your privilege question went so poorly was that it was a bad question that should be closed.

The question currently reads as:

Essentially, how do you politely respond to a random stranger that tries to 'check your privilege'.

But this is missing a lot of important information. Is the OP trying to politely disagree? Or is the OP trying to understand what yhe phrase check your privilige means? We can't actually give an answer tailored to the OPs needs without this information. Which is why the question recieved a lot of answers that were about peoples opinion of the phrase, rather than answers that attempt to solve the OPs actual problem. This is why that question created drama.

Is a question is recieving answers that are mostly people trying to debate their personal opinion, then that's a sign that something is wrong with the question.

I see that the check your privilege question has been reopened, which is a mistake. Close it, and get better about closing these sorts of questions quickly in the future. Don't let them spiral out of control.

I think a huge reason why the check your privilege question went so poorly was that it was a bad question that should be closed.

The question currently reads as:

Essentially, how do you politely respond to a random stranger that tries to 'check your privilege'.

But this is missing a lot of important information. Is the OP trying to politely disagree? Or is the OP trying to understand what the phrase check your privilege means? We can't actually give an answer tailored to the OPs needs without this information. Which is why the question received a lot of answers that were about peoples opinion of the phrase, rather than answers that attempt to solve the OPs actual problem. This is why that question created drama.

If a question is receiving answers that are mostly people trying to debate their personal opinion, then that's a sign that something is wrong with the question.

I see that the check your privilege question has been reopened, which is a mistake. Close it, and get better about closing these sorts of questions quickly in the future. Don't let them spiral out of control.

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I think a huge reason why the check your privilege question went so poorly was that it was a bad question that should be closed.

The question currently reads as:

Essentially, how do you politely respond to a random stranger that tries to 'check your privilege'.

But this is missing a lot of important information. Is the OP trying to politely disagree? Or is the OP trying to understand what yhe phrase check your privilige means? We can't actually give an answer tailored to the OPs needs without this information. Which is why the question recieved a lot of answers that were about peoples opinion of the phrase, rather than answers that attempt to solve the OPs actual problem. This is why that question created drama.

Is a question is recieving answers that are mostly people trying to debate their personal opinion, then that's a sign that something is wrong with the question.

I see that the check your privilege question has been reopened, which is a mistake. Close it, and get better about closing these sorts of questions quickly in the future. Don't let them spiral out of control.