Because of his blunt writing style, some readers reacted dramatically or took the post as a direct insult, which then caused the generation of the 800 strongly worded comments. He generalizes a white man’s limited awareness of his own privilege, and while many men are ignorant to this fact, Scalzi’s post probably offended the population of men who are socially aware. An example of his straightforward approach is how he describes men reacting to the word “privilege”. He states, “They react like vampires being fed a garlic tart at high noon” (1). He presents men as cowards, which may be a true statement for some, but subsequently a large amount of men were offended by this offensive accusation. Another reason why the blog had such a negative
