The hashtag #FirstSevenJobs has been used as a way for people to describe their work history. Apparently for some that’s an offensive thing. Here’s why:
Stop using #firstsevenjobs to camouflage your privilege: https://t.co/FxeskpY8T2 pic.twitter.com/3HPeksePEL
— Slate (@Slate) August 19, 2016
To the safe space!
Stop telling people what to tweet and not to tweet. It's just a way to disguise your bullying as "social justice." pic.twitter.com/ANsMfTr9th
— Cathy Young (@CathyYoung63) August 20, 2016
@Neothanos So, working hard is privilege now? OK then…
— Amidas ?? (@EmpsChampAmidas) August 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/UrduDervish/status/766980920465362944
https://twitter.com/Adele_Rica/status/766981722990743553
Is there nothing that isn’t potentially triggering?
Because all those minimum wage part time jobs show that I've got the world in the palm of my hand. https://t.co/HKWspUii7T
— Jason Marianna (@jwmarianna) August 20, 2016
Stop using the word #privilege to camouflage your vapid socialism! https://t.co/SVJetZ5Bv8
— (((WitCoHE))) (@E__Strobel) August 19, 2016
The author of this piece uses her own privilege life to judge everyone else. She went to an Ivy League school and works at Slate. LOL
— Follow Up News (@FollowUpNewsGuy) August 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/Meteoryan/status/766967408481308672
Is there anything nice that's not "privilege" to these idiots? @CathyYoung63 @smarmyEOD https://t.co/1HMPL55GU0
— Rawle Nyanzi (@RawleNyanziFTL) August 20, 2016
Maybe if one of this writer's #firstsevenjobs included scrubbing toilets, as mine did, she'd see it differently. https://t.co/UzO5ugbtmZ
— Great Davey’s Ghost (@Ace_Gagnon) August 20, 2016
For some of us, that list WAS a ladder out of poverty and adversity.
— Melissa Stordahl (@MelissaStordahl) August 19, 2016
Seriously, you went to Ivy League and work for Slate. Don't complain about people slowly working their way up #myfirstsevenjobs
— K-Dubb (@kdubbsy) August 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/PhilLeyshio14/status/766744553592328194
great satire
— Kevin (@cincyredbengal) August 19, 2016
#NotTheOnion.
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