Hi Bryan,
The top reasons that SJW carries negative connotations are:
Hey okay, that's a really good list of really good reasons to not like the phrase. That was actually great, thank you. I've ... seen behaviour like that from afar. I understood it more as the original definition: "an individual promoting socially progressive views, including feminism, civil rights, multiculturalism, and identity politics". A sizeable percentage of my friends meet the Wikipedia definition above - they'd be scandalised by what you've described. It's pretty stink that you've never experienced it in a positive manner :( But thanks for filling me in on the bad sides. E -------------------------------------------- Q: Why is this email five sentences or less? A: http://five.sentenc.es On Thu, 16 Nov 2017, at 18:15, Bryan Baldwin wrote:
On 11/16/2017 04:30 PM, Eric Light wrote:
They are a bunch of SJW. I've never understood why that's considered derogatory. I think it's great that there are people who will actually fight for social justice.
The top reasons that SJW carries negative connotations are:
• They circumvent the *actual* justice system to perpetrate harm, both on people who have already received a fair trial, and on people who have not yet been tried. • They never seek impartial, dispassionate findings. Their modus operendi is to appeal to the public's ugliest disposition, form a hate mob, and attack anyone and anything they wish to harm, solely to advance their own power.• Never, since the inception of the term SJW, have I heard of any case where the self-identifying SJW promoted peaceful discussion or skepticism in anticipation of facts, only biased opinions and hate. • They use hate speech to label anyone who raises any concerns over their behavior, and defer to their own sexism and racism by identifying individuals on the basis of their gender, racial, and sexual orientation.
Having said that, I don't know the organization in question and cannot confirm whether or not they themselves resemble any of the above.
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