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I think this one sentence from that article gives a strong clue: "Activists are arrested for fighting the practice." Everyone is always quick these days (at l
by CodeCube 8y ago
I think this one sentence from that article gives a strong clue:
"Activists are arrested for fighting the practice."
Everyone is always quick these days (at least, here in the US) to decry "Social Justice Warriors" as if they are a bad thing ... but for many across the world and across history, they were the saving grace; someone who dared ask, "why are we doing this?"
- maxerickson 8y agoIt's not everyone using social justice warrior as a pejorative, it's assholes.
- CodeCube 8y agoI guess I know a lot of assholes :)
- ben509 8y agoYou get judged on your actions; you don't get a pass because someone vaguely similar to you did good things.
- cema 8y agoAbsolutely! Actions should be more important than the names. However the names are not just labels, they often have meanings.
- ygaf 8y agoDon't confuse people "who dared ask, "why are we doing this?"" with people who want reparations, affirmative action, etc. And that's just a second definition I've thrown out there, alongside yours, when there's many more.
- CodeCube 8y agoYou reference those things as if they are a "bad thing" ... they are not universally "bad things". They are merely individual actions/tools/incentives to right historical wrongs. It's not wrong for people to want to right those wrongs, even if someone else feels that other actions would be more efficient at righting those wrongs ... that's a valid discussion to have, not summarily dismissing people proposing solutions.
- ygaf 8y ago>You reference those things as if they are a "bad thing" More accurately, as if they are not obviously noble, since you conflated everyone to have been called SJW with someone brave and insightful. But yeah I do think those things are intrinsically wrong.