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A lot of “SJW” rhetoric is telling people that you know more about their circumstances that they do and know what is best for them, as your shown by your commen
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 4y ago
A lot of “SJW” rhetoric is telling people that you know more about their circumstances that they do and know what is best for them, as your shown by your comment, to an actual previously poor person in Africa who used what we would call low-wage jobs to pull themself up by the bootstraps.
- churchill 4y agoPerfect - just because people are poor doesn't mean they're stupid. They can still make decisions for themselves based on the realities on ground vs. utopian visions on what the world should look like.
- SpeedilyDamage 4y agoA fallacy that's common when conversations enter these waters is that one person can be a "representative" of any group of people. I think the discussion is great, but don't think we've concluded therefore that $2/hr is a fine thing for Africans to be paid and all is well again, because one user has said a similar job helped them get out of poverty. The key thing to remember about "SJWs" is that they want to improve the world for the folks who need it most. Sometimes it does involve changing patterns people fall into without realizing, and sometimes "SJWs" get it terribly wrong. Poor people aren't stupid, but they are often stuck in some way of thinking or behaving (as anyone in their situation would be), and it's not always productive or helpful to "just" give them what they ask for directly. But to deride someone for wanting a better life for another person strikes me as needlessly cynical. Why put that out into the world, why justify the hate?
- th0ma5 4y agoIs your comment now arguing for them? At what point do you stop drawing these arbitrary argument lines?