“Privilege is wearing $200 sneakers when you’ve never had a job,” Mayor Benjamin Rozier wrote on Facebook, according to NBC News. Rozier is the mayor of Bloomingdale, Ga., a small town just outside of Savannah. He made his post on the Gossip Bloomingdale Facebook page. The post was eventually taken down but, because this is the internet, there are still screenshots of what Rozier said.

From NBC News:

“Privilege is wearing $300 Beats headphones while living on public assistance.”
Rozier, 59, continued, “Privilege is having as many children as you want, regardless of your employment status, and be able to send them off to daycare or school you don’t pay for.”

He also took aim at protesters, seeming to focus particularly on young people.

“Privilege is the ability to go march against, and protest against anything that triggers you, without worrying about calling out of work and the consequences that accompany such behavior.”

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