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It seems to me that the 'SJW movement' is a creation of the alt-right, I don't see anyone claiming it as their own

• gizmo686 9y ago
  The "SJW" name could be an alt-right creation, but that doesn't mean that there is not an actual movement there.
  • Jtsummers 9y ago
    If you can't point out their leadership or organization, it probably doesn't exist.
    • elcapitan 9y ago
      Like "neoliberalism".
      • Jtsummers 9y ago
        Neoliberalism, at least, had a foundation in the real world and wasn't a term originating as a pejorative.
    • ThomPete 9y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa_(United_States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa_(United_States)
  • stcredzero 9y ago
    The SJW name wasn't an alt-right creation. It was a title some SJWs calimed for themselves. Anti-SJW critics in a broad swath of the Internet started using it. The far-left and SJWs have been trying to tar the GamerGate faction as a part of the alt-right. This is part of the confusion. Yes, there's an actual "leaderless" movement there.
• err4nt 9y ago
  I can guarantee that it's not. I first heard the term 'social justice warrior' as a label from people who were fighting human trafficking (freeing modern day slaves) and they were proud to label themselves 'social justice warriors'. This was around 2012, long before the 'alt right' was a group or label. Over time the people who claim to be 'social justice warriors' and the people who get labelled SJW by others has changed, but the term didn't originate from the Alt Right, and it definitely didn't originate from something people called someone else. The first users who popularized the term applied it to themselves.