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What exactly is wrong with fighting for social justice? If you’re going to resort to name calling at least choose a label that’s actually bad
by tathougies 9y ago
What exactly is wrong with fighting for social justice? If you’re going to resort to name calling at least choose a label that’s actually bad
- UnpossibleJim 9y agoThe problem with it, is that it lacks any and all due process. It's the same process that leads to lynch mobs and witch hunts. Its other names are mob rule, mob justice and vigilantism.
- iron0013 9y agoWasn't aware that "SJWs" were hanging people from trees and burning them at the stake, thanks for the information
- UnpossibleJim 9y agoAntifa... I think that's how it's spelled, anyways. Short for Anti-Fascist. A radical extension of the "SJW" logic, if you will. Any ideology, taken to the extreme, is ridiculous.
- iron0013 9y agoI wasn't aware that antifa was hanging people from trees and burning them at the stake. I myself am anti-fascist, and most people I know are also against fascism--aren't you? However, anyone can easily find many, many, many examples of right-wing extremists in the United States hanging, burning, and committing other atrocities. Hm, weird, it's almost as if both sides are not equivalent, like one is much worse than the other...
- UnpossibleJim 9y agoBeing purposefully obtuse is, as always, charming. I'm sure you liven up any debate and bring new information to light. Thanks so much for helping me see that I was wasting my time with this conversation..... I guess you win?
- iron0013 9y agoPlease don't troll and name-call, we all come to this forum for open and productive debate.
- tathougies 9y agoI mean... no one has a right to due process in media and public perception, only in government dealings. Only a repressive, fascist society would attempt to enforce a guarantee of 'due process' in public perception. I hope that day never comes in America, but given how liberally some people seem to take protection of speech and due process, I worry we may be closer now than ever.
- austincheney 9y agoCould you please be more specific as to your offense? I am not sure of the nature of your criticism.
- iron0013 9y agoWhat you just said does not make sense. Please rephrase and try again.
- austincheney 9y agoThat is basically what I said.
- iron0013 9y agoWhat you just said does not make sense. Please rephrase and try again.
- tathougies 9y agoCalling someone a 'social justice warrior' in order to (presumably) cause insult is like calling someone 'stunningly gorgeous' to offend them.
- austincheney 9y agoI phrased it in such a way to specifically avoid a statement of attack by calling it my personal feeling and further more I did not direct that description at any person but in response to the written article. In this regard I am thinking it is the label that people find offensive rather than the context to which that label is used. Please correct me if I am wrong here. If every use of the term social justice warrior is immediately offensive then I won't use it again.
- rhcom2 9y agoIt's a pejorative. > Social justice warrior (commonly abbreviated SJW) is a pejorative term for an individual who promotes socially progressive views, including feminism, civil rights, and multiculturalism,[1][2] as well as identity politics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice_warrior https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice_warrior