I keep seeing people with various forms of privilege whining and complaining about those who point out privilege, telling them “You have the privilege of being in a first world country whining about how bad you have it on the internet, so stop complaining.”

And I just feel like it needs to be reiterated for emphasis:

Privilege is not measured based on how bad the least-privileged have it, but rather based on how good the most-privileged have it.

The fact that there are places women can’t vote doesn’t make the wage gap okay.

The fact that there are places where it’s the law to kill gay people doesn’t mean we should be fine with gay people not being allowed to marry

The fact that there are people starving all over the world doesn’t justify discrimination against fat people (in fact, some fat people are also starving, but I digress)

The fact that there are people sleeping in the streets doesn’t change the fact that the minimum wage is a poverty wage.

The fact that people in less fortunate positions exist does not mean privilege isn’t real or that the fight for equality should stop.