Disagreements and Conflicts between Audiophiles have we lost our brotherhood and maturity?

@sns which is why I play tennis. We are at least proud of how badly we dress for the sport.  

The "one of them" in my case is white guy. Don't even need to 'front' to play this role.

@mapman

there are many degrees of privilege, it’s not binary.  Both my wife and I have worked extraordinarily hard all our lives to achieve the levels of success we have.  My wife was “privileged” to attend a wonderful public school in Fairfax County, Virginia because her father was a school teacher in the county.  But due to an ugly divorce, she received zero support from either of her parents, and worked from the age of 16 to put herself thru college and law school at local universities.  

Although my grandfather was a tenant farmer, my father was able to achieve upper middle class status by putting himself thru college on the GI bill after joining the Navy at age 17.  He paid for me to go to a prestigious private school, Northwestern undergrad, and Harvard for graduate school.   Again, both my wife and I worked our asses off, but I’d say it’s pretty obvious I was more privileged (not even taking into account my white, male status).  

Having said that, there are many who are way more privileged than me, people who didn’t have to earn their way into highly selective universities and incredibly lucrative careers because of their wealth and family connections, etc.  So I think “privilege” is a pretty nuanced concept.

"Privileged" to me means having things handed to you.

@mapman 

It would be pretty hard to argue that whiteness isn't handed down to you.

I agree there is a difference between those who worked hard and those who inherited their good fortune. The issue is opportunity, do we really believe there is level playing field here?

As for 'fronting' we can't get past the skin we're born in, but my, my , my we sure can represent or misrepresent ourselves in so many ways. One can both learn from being 'the fly on the wall', or by playing a provocateur role. I've been told I'm being a devil's advocate more than a few times in life, does this mean those with the opposing view are God's advocates?  Does everything have to be a zero sum game.