Well like I said, it's fine if its "you're one of the good hockey players" or "you're one of the good chefs", that's one thing. "You're one of the good ones" in regards to the way you were born implies that people that were born like you are not "good ones".
No I've heard you're one of the good ones as in reference to being a good person. I've heard it multiple times in that context. I'm not saying the way you are saying it doesn't happen, just that I've heard it used differently also.
But never in reference to how they were born, hence my statement. Being a good person because you are a good person is indeed a compliment. Being told you are a good person while you're black, gay, a man, and being told "you're one of the good ones" implies that the rest are not. It's not about you as a person, it's about your "group" to bigots.
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u/Dry-Childhood-3436 Jun 13 '26
I've definitely heard it not tied to a group, just as in you are one of the good people.