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It derives from "keyboard warrior", a term we used on the Internet back in the days when goals you like could be separated from presentation you don't.
by finnthehuman 6y ago
It derives from "keyboard warrior", a term we used on the Internet back in the days when goals you like could be separated from presentation you don't.
- tsimionescu 6y agoThe term is often used about activists, public speakers, opinion leaders etc, so I don't believe your etymology is correct. It is not a term coming from internet circles. Also, keyboard warrior has an explicit reference to being ineffective in your convictions (fighting with your keyboard, a useless weapon). Social justice warrior, if it were etymological related, would have to mean someone who is fighting with the use of social justice. Instead, it refers to someone who fights for social justice, which is not meant as ineffective, but as harmful.