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I find it amusing that defining the term is met by an instant ad hominem attack making a claim that all users of the term are unintelligent woman haters. No I'

I find it amusing that defining the term is met by an instant ad hominem attack making a claim that all users of the term are unintelligent woman haters. No I'm not aware of any example right off the top of my head. I'm sure I could cherry-pick something if I looked hard enough. That's not the point I was aiming to communicate though. You are quite right that they are involved in an ongoing ideological battle with "the neckbeards" online. Regardless of who tends to use it. The term SJW is pointing to a community that exists on tumblr, that claims to be serving social justice, and holds to a wildly exaggerated definition of basically every term in social science relating to power, oppression, and identity politics. This same community tends to be rather wildly reactive to basically everything that upsets them. They're a vocal minority, as real as and about as rare as the tea party or rabid Trump supporters.

hyperpape 11y ago
It's an insult, and you didn't bother to hide it in your parent post. If you're surprised that the people being insulted don't take kindly to it, life is going to be very frustrating for you.
- ticviking 11y ago
  Amusement and surprise are in fact different emotions. In general the utility of SJW as a label is strongly attached to the fact that the community in which the label originated is not one people wish to be associated with.
DanBC 11y ago
So a few people point to "SJWs" as causing problems for men showing affection to their daughters, but noone can provide any examples. This is, to you, evidence that "SJWs" are winning. To me it's another example of the lies and misinformation spread by misogyinists.
- ticviking 11y ago
  When did I make a claim that they were winning? I feel like you are arguing with someone else in your replies to me. When did I ever make a claim that "the SJWs" were winning? Someone asked what the term meant, I took the time to dereference the pointer for them, and provided a bit of the origin of the term. I also added a bit of snark about how the whole phenomena is a completely normal re-occurring part of American social discourse. The SJWs, prohibitionists, and witch hunts are all a part of the same line of moral panics that eschew logic and argument in favor of emotions and appeals to moral authority. They happen every 3-4 generations in the US, and probably come from the Utopian ideals of the Pilgrims that has evolved into the american progressive movement.
mcv 11y ago
Interestingly, I know people who simultaneously identify as SJW (because they fight for social justice) and as neckbeard (because they have a beard that covers their neck). Maybe the people I hang out with are unusually literal in their interpretation of words, and ignore people who try to attach negative meaning to perfectly fine words.

hyperpape 11y ago

It's an insult, and you didn't bother to hide it in your parent post. If you're surprised that the people being insulted don't take kindly to it, life is going to be very frustrating for you.

ticviking 11y ago
Amusement and surprise are in fact different emotions. In general the utility of SJW as a label is strongly attached to the fact that the community in which the label originated is not one people wish to be associated with.

DanBC 11y ago

So a few people point to "SJWs" as causing problems for men showing affection to their daughters, but noone can provide any examples. This is, to you, evidence that "SJWs" are winning. To me it's another example of the lies and misinformation spread by misogyinists.

ticviking 11y ago
When did I make a claim that they were winning? I feel like you are arguing with someone else in your replies to me. When did I ever make a claim that "the SJWs" were winning? Someone asked what the term meant, I took the time to dereference the pointer for them, and provided a bit of the origin of the term. I also added a bit of snark about how the whole phenomena is a completely normal re-occurring part of American social discourse. The SJWs, prohibitionists, and witch hunts are all a part of the same line of moral panics that eschew logic and argument in favor of emotions and appeals to moral authority. They happen every 3-4 generations in the US, and probably come from the Utopian ideals of the Pilgrims that has evolved into the american progressive movement.

mcv 11y ago

Interestingly, I know people who simultaneously identify as SJW (because they fight for social justice) and as neckbeard (because they have a beard that covers their neck). Maybe the people I hang out with are unusually literal in their interpretation of words, and ignore people who try to attach negative meaning to perfectly fine words.