> But Bernie Sanders is, in fact, a socialist and calls himself one, making the situation non-comparable. The burden is on you to prove the analogy makes sense

> But Bernie Sanders is, in fact, a socialist and calls himself one, making the situation non-comparable. The burden is on you to prove the analogy makes sense. > only if there is a better common word to describe that group what is the alternative to "SJW"? In this case "gander critical" is the alternative. > one that is not self aggrandizing or overly obscure says who? why do you get to decide the criteria for some out-groups' labels? > JK Rowling's position on trans rights in one word "gender critical", disregarding the arbitrary constraint on needing one word. > it's a meaningless combination of words in itself so is TERF, given "exclusion" is as vague as "critical.". > but that seems just a way to obscure their beliefs It doesn't matter, a term needn't be self describing. Also TERF isn't a clear description, much like "anti-trans" isn't either. The clarification, it seems, is b/c users of the term want is to reduce the topic to two sides (trans, anti-trans), and make it clear which side TERFs are on. This fight over control of the context, versus "feminists" vs trans-women framing, seems to be the point of these descriptors - each side want the power to "describe" their opponents.