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Oh I don't deny any of those incidents or that such people exist and have been responsible for some bad things, but in my experience for every actual SJW stereo
by mwfunk 10y ago
Oh I don't deny any of those incidents or that such people exist and have been responsible for some bad things, but in my experience for every actual SJW stereotype that exists in the world, there are hundreds or thousands of very vocal people who dedicate utterly tremendous amounts of time, energy, and vitriol to public hand-wringing about such people.
Oddly enough, the people who put the most time and energy into publicly venting about racism and sexism practiced in the name of social justice don't seem to spend much of their remaining time fighting against other forms racism and sexism. Oddly enough, by some strange coincidence, the more likely someone is to point their finger at a conspiracy of SJWs for being a meaningful source of racism and sexism in the world, the less that same person seems to be concerned about racism and sexism in other forms.
To me it often comes across as little more than one group of people taking pleasure in hating on another (possibly imaginary) group of people, sort of like football rivalries for people who aren't into sports. Unlike football rivalries, it actually influences how the general population thinks about real world issues, which sucks, because voters need to have as much clarity as possible. Otherwise we end up doing things like naming Donald Trump as one of two options for one of the most powerful and influential political offices in the world.
Sorry HN, I fully deserve and accept downvotes for offtopic political ranting. This has just been a peeve of mine lately.