"Social Justice Warrior" is a bad thing?

Expert, The wrote:

norphxc wrote:

I know SJW is an insult here and through out the Internet. But why is this phrase supposed to be insulting?

I hear "warrior" and think of someone that fights for something. And we mostly use it in a positive light, so it must be something good that the warrior is fighting for.

Then if it is a ..."justice warrior" the affirms that the warrior is fighting for justice, definitely a noble cause.

And finally "social justice warrior" means the warrior wants justice for all of society! That sounds great! Fight on!

Like I would assume human rights activists, civil rights leaders and protesters for women's suffrage would all be considered SJWs...

MLK would be considered an SJW today.

Meaning that he'd be mocked...

Yes, you believe that fighting for social injustice is a worthy cause.

virtue signaling wrote:

The term "social justice warrior" is usually reserved for people who prefer virtue signaling over action, and/or people who would rather force others to act rather than doing the work themselves.

OP, This explains your question fully. End of thread.

ps: once you start to recognize this, you'll notice it everywhere!

MLK would be embarrassed to be associated with Jesse Jackson and Rev Al today who are nothing more than racist attention whores.

To me SJW means fighting for fairness, equality of opportunity, A True Meritocracy, a desire to earn and not be given anything, getting rid of the Welfare System, which is basically stealing from taxpayers, let family and friends support one who is not able to support themselves or set up a GOFUNDME account, so the person who is helping someone is doing it voluntarily, not because the Government is taking money from taxpayers who probably would rather have money to do with what they want, not what the Government wants, guaranteed as a compassionate people we would through charities of our choosing will help those who need it.

We want Equality of opportunity, anyone can work towards being for example an NBA star, though most wont make it, but no the towel boy who wipes off LeBron James sweat during timeouts, should not get equal pay to LeBron James.

Conservatives believe in the efforts and opportunities for the individual.

Liberals believe they are smarter than others, and therefore should run/control the lives of others for the betterment of said others. "We know what is best for people, so we will make their choices for them."

What they fight for is to get Christian white working-class people slandered, fired from their jobs , stigmatized, black balled, stifled in their speech, sued, fined, and in a state of genocde. They hate white people, and the family structure. They seek to police language. They warp gender concepts and promote degeneracy and Marxism.

They need to be put in utter fear

What they fight for is to get Christian white working-class people slandered, fired from their jobs , stigmatized, black balled, stifled in their speech, sued, fined, and in a state of genocde. They hate white people, and the family structure. They seek to police language. They warp gender concepts and promote degeneracy and Marxism.

They need to be put in utter fear

It takes no bravery to be politically correct. Its the most safe position to take. Social justice warriors are gutless invertebrates who talk in establishment mantra

The term "SJW" is like "liberal" and "feminist."

There is a disconnect between the true meaning of the words and what they've come to mean in modern society. It's Orwellian, actually.

Describing somebody as a liberal used to mean that they supported individual rights and freedoms over an authoritarian state. Nowadays a "liberal" would describe the exact opposite.

Once upon a time, feminists fought to achieve the same rights as men (equality). Nowadays, the majority of women who call themselves feminists fight for mass Islamic migration, when Islam believes in female genital mutilation, beating wives if they disobey, raping women who don't cover up properly... etc. Modern feminism has become more about destroying Western men than about equality, which is why most Western women, to their credit, don't identify as feminists anymore in polls, even though they believe in equality.

Social justice warriors, like MLK, used to believe in equal rights and opportunity for all. Nowadays, SJWs preach "white privilege" and believe in affirmative action when it comes to university admission and the hiring process. *Note it would be one thing if affirmative action were based on a person's income level (though I personally still wouldn't agree with it) but basing it on a person's skin color or sexual orientation is the very definition of racism/discrimination. SJWs also judge peoples' opinions not based on the merit of their argument but based on whether or not they are a member of a victim class. For example, there are many videos on youtube where an individual brings up a valid point and the SJW retorts with: "You're a white male." .... or in AIDS Skrillex's case: "You're f*cking a white male."

Modern day SJWs are not about justice or equality.

The Universities/Colleges I predict will soon eliminate courses that go against American Values, Merit, Hard Work Ethic will be stressed, also the Anti-White teachers who indoctrinate students (Who are like Sheep) will all be fired in the next 5 years, and courses like History will once again be taught as they once were as emphasizing America's glorious past, America's sins will be mentioned, but the emphasis will be back The Greatness of America, which will leave students filled with pride and patriotism/love of country and a love for the great symbol of our country The American Flag.

I think the thing to look for is the difference between a "Social Justice Warrior" and a "Social Justice Supporter"

Social Justice Warriors demand social justice at all costs, on the surface this seems fine but it's dangerous mentality to have. Instead of actually doing something to change things they tend to insult or try to shame everyone who doesn't agree with them. Some (not all, but some) take the ideals of social justice to extreme levels as well and in fact end up just reversing them e.g. instead of getting equal rights for 2 groups they'll try to give more power to the group that used to have less and shame the group who used to have more; flipping the balance of power instead of solving the problem.

Social justice supporters want social justice and equality for all as well but these are the people who tend to go about it the right way. They'll sit down and talk to the right people and actually get things done, even if it means dealing with people who have completely different views on things they'll still work with them to improve the situation because they know shouting "bigot" "racist" or "sexist" at someone (even if they are) isn't going to help.

It's the same on both sides, there are conservatives who have one set of values and beliefs and are for the most part reasonable people, then you have the extreme right groups like the white supremacy movements who take it too far.

On the other side you have liberals who have a different set of values and beliefs and are also for the most part reasonable people, then the extreme left, SJW's tend to fit into that category.

The original social justice warriors fought to end slavery.

Today's social justice warriors go after fine people like Harvey Weinstein and white nationalists.

SJW is a moniker that the right uses to dismiss important social justice issues out of hand by focusing on random examples of social media posts, interviews of participants at protests or the odd person taking up a cause that is really not that important. Instead of presenting the well reasoned and compelling views of liberal activists who regularly appear in liberal media outlets and write for liberal publications, right wing media and pundits pick out some odd dude at a rally or find some twitter rant and mark it as Exhibit "A" in the case against liberal SJW extremism. Liberals do this too, but just for laughs. Shows like the Daily Show and Full Frontal pick on dodos from the right all the time, but largely for laughs and as a predicate to make a larger and more lucid policy point. But on the right, the trotting out of the SJWs is a very deliberate propaganda campaign to try to create the impression that they are the true voices of liberalism. That is because these right wing TV shows, radio shows, pundits, bloggers etc. would get completely schooled if they tried to directly take on the real voices of the left. That is why you never see the likes of Naomi Klein, Dean Baker, Vijay Prashad, or George Monbiot on any right wing show. In fact, you see absolutely no series discussion of any real bona fide liberal argument in right wing media. They do not want people to know there are well reasoned ideas on the left. They just want to perpetuate a myth of the left being a bunch of misguided SJWs to be able to dismiss all the serious and well reasoned arguments out of hand by never even engaging with them.

"Like I would assume..."

This is an interesting point. The hard right folks tried to frame Harvey Weinstein as the typical hypocritical Liberal. But the reality is that most people who identify themselves as either Conservative or Liberal know this guy is a dirt bag and should be in jail no matter his political views. White Nationalists (hard core racists) are often framed as the typical Right Wing Republican by the Left. Most reasonable people on both sides see them as dangerous radicals. People should understand the meaning of Conservative (resistant to change, don't meddle where you don't belong) and Liberal (individual rights are of primary importance, ie liberation of the people). When you understand what people really believe and stop demonizing them with a label, you might find you are not so far apart in ideology. But in America, we have created a "your are evil and must be eliminated" type of attitude about the other side. Far too many people in America are holding their leaders as ideal (Obama or Trump can do no wrong) and refusing to question their actions and motivations. If we start to open our minds and question them (we can still support them but with caution), we will be a much stronger country.

L L wrote:

The original social justice warriors fought to end slavery.

Today's social justice warriors go after fine people like Harvey Weinstein and white nationalists.

thejeff wrote:

If you are young and not a liberal, you have no heart.

If you are old and not a conservative, you have no brain.

The more you do, create, and earn, the more protective of the fruits of your labor you will become. Check back with us in 10 years after you graduate high school and start a family.

You're not really willing to leave readers with the impression that you came up with that...are you?

The quote has been attributed to Twain, GB Shaw, Churchill, but never "thejeff"

Jesus was a SJW

Apulia Station wrote:

Jesus was a SJW

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