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Calling someone a 'social justice warrior' in order to (presumably) cause insult is like calling someone 'stunningly gorgeous' to offend them.

austincheney 9y ago
I 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 ago
  It'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
  - austincheney 9y ago
    Pejorative is exactly what most people think when somebody introduces personal politics into technology, education, or business. Appropriate venues would be politics and law. People have lost their jobs for this. There is nothing wrong with stating an opinion, but everything to its appropriate context.
    - rhcom2 9y ago
      I don't know what you're talking about. No one is criticizing you for stating an opinion, but for using a pejorative. You asked if it was offensive, I told you.
- tathougies 9y ago
  > If every use of the term social justice warrior is immediately offensive then I won't use it again. It's not offensive at all. > I 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. Ah, I see. you meant it as a compliment! In that case, good on you! It is a wonderful thing when someone stands up to injustice, and I'm glad you see that in the author of this article.

austincheney 9y ago

I 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 ago
It'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
- austincheney 9y ago
  Pejorative is exactly what most people think when somebody introduces personal politics into technology, education, or business. Appropriate venues would be politics and law. People have lost their jobs for this. There is nothing wrong with stating an opinion, but everything to its appropriate context.
  - rhcom2 9y ago
    I don't know what you're talking about. No one is criticizing you for stating an opinion, but for using a pejorative. You asked if it was offensive, I told you.
tathougies 9y ago
> If every use of the term social justice warrior is immediately offensive then I won't use it again. It's not offensive at all. > I 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. Ah, I see. you meant it as a compliment! In that case, good on you! It is a wonderful thing when someone stands up to injustice, and I'm glad you see that in the author of this article.