Sweetleaf wrote:
BettaPonic wrote:
I think an SJW would usually be liberal, politically active in their message. They seem to take philosophies like feminism to the extreme. They seem to shun debate about their ideas. To me someone can have the same ideas, but not be an SJW.
Well that is what I mean, it is hard to tell if someone actually means people who take things to an extreme...or if they're just talking about anyone and everyone with a more liberal view-point.
So ask when it's not clear. Anyone unwilling to define terms isn't worth having a discussion with.
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Also though they should have come up with a better term like SJE social justice extremist....it does annoy me a little when a phrase you would think may have a more positive connotation is entirely and completely negative.
Such as "Men's Rights Advocate/Activist"?
Social Justice is antithetical to actual justice, placing blame on societies, systems, groups, etc rather than individuals and likewise treats collectives as victims. It's divisive, condescending to minorities (including those with disabilities) and driven by terrible, Utopian ideas that have appropriately been labelled "Cultural Marxism".
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Like why couldn't SJW refer to people who actually fight for positive changes in constructive ways...why instead is it to refer to loudmouth extremists who are actually more detrimental than helpful to the causes they claim to support.
Because that's how language works. Best to deal with things as they are rather than as we wish them to be. It's also quite appropriate considering how Orwellian their arguments tend to be.