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I remember having a conversation with someone around a decade ago about whether "social justice warrior" pointed at anything real. My contention was that every

I remember having a conversation with someone around a decade ago about whether "social justice warrior" pointed at anything real. My contention was that every popular moral system has its prigs and its fanatics - social justice no less than Christianity, environmentalism, socialism, etc, etc, etc.

jandrese 2y ago
Every decade has its new leftest boogeyman for the right to complain about, same as always. Critical Race Theory, Political Correctness, Hippies, Civil Rights Crusaders, etc... Doesn't really matter, just so long as it is an "other" that can be ostracized as a group.
- AlexandrB 2y ago
  The left is lucky in this regard because they get to complain about the same two boogeymen all the time: white males and Israel.
  - jandrese 2y ago
    Or to boil it down even more: the rich, particularly billionaires.
nthingtohide 2y ago
I remember how a particular AI ethics reasearcher got Yann Lecun to leave Twitter. That's perfect definition of wokeness for me.