The people in this thread that are offended by Nathan Rabin mocking the sort of people who use the term "social justice warrior" seem pretty overly-sensitive to me.
I do get what you mean, though.
The people in this thread that are offended by Nathan Rabin mocking the sort of people who use the term "social justice warrior" seem pretty overly-sensitive to me.
I do get what you mean, though.
It's actually a pretty great "tell", like someone bragging how "politically incorrect" they are. It's kind of a translation for "I AM A BIGOT WHO DOESN'T WANT TO GET CALLED A BIGOT."
I dunno, I use "special snowflake" on people regardless of political persuasion. For example, "Hey look, a racist who doesn't want to be called a racist, so this special snowflake will rail against 'pc police' and 'social justice warriors'."
"It also assumes that everyone who finds SJWs annoying aren't interested in social justice. This is also false."
Dude, have you ever actually been on Tumblr, not just read "r/tumblrinaction"? Because I have. I've blogged there for over half a decade. For any blog that might even conceivably be "SJW", there's like ten blogs run by militant "anti-SJWs!". Calling Tumblr some sort of paradise for social justice and those "easily…