Hmmm... even if one were sympathetic to a statement like that, it is a bit too large to chew all at once. Care to perhaps elaborate or break it down (thus preventing mental indigestion)?What's wrong with it is that SJWs typically want to control what other people can choose to do. — Terrapin Station
Hmmm... even if one were sympathetic to a statement like that, it is a bit too large to chew all at once. Care to perhaps elaborate or break it down (thus preventing mental indigestion)? — 0 thru 9
Ok, thank for the reply and example, though it still a bit generalized. In your example, one could imagine the words/photo being anywhere between very mildly “politically incorrect” to virulent and violent. Though i get the gist...For example, pressuring employers so that folks wind up canned because of something they said, photographs they posted, etc. — Terrapin Station
one could imagine the words/photo being anywhere between very mildly “politically incorrect” to virulent and violent. — 0 thru 9
I'm a free speech absolutist, by the way, and I don't see freedom of speech as solely a legal issue. I see it as a social issue, with the legal aspect being a subset of it. — Terrapin Station
Antifa is also a good example. Dressing in masks, enforcng through violence their own ideology. — DingoJones
I wonder, what is wrong with advocating for minority and women's rights, fighting against equality, racism, sexism and the like? Why is being a social justice warrior bad? — Anaxagoras
You said that SJW's were wrong to "pressur[e] employers so that folks wind up canned because of something they said, photographs they posted, etc.". I don't know the facts of the case, but wouldn't they be applying this pressure by speech acts? And wouldn't that therefore make it absolutely fine, from the perspective of a free speech absolutist? — Isaac
For example, pressuring employers so that folks wind up canned because of something they said, photographs they posted, etc. — Terrapin Station
According to a significant portion of SJW’s it is not possible to be racist against white people because they are taught that racism is “prejudice plus power”. This is pretty dangerous, as well as being doubly erroneous and ridiculous. — DingoJones
Aren't they perceived in a negative light because the general population of the SJWs lack rationality and logical structure in their arguments? — Sara
Well if I am a CEO of a hospital and my fellow employee is outted as a racist, I wouldn't want that person working at my hospital especially since I service the public at large. — Anaxagoras
A lot of that hinges on what I consider to be seriously errant views of what meaning is/how it works — Terrapin Station
Which is solely due to the social pressure that people would put on the hospital, which is what I have a problem with. — Terrapin Station
According to a significant portion of SJW’s it is not possible to be racist against white people because they are taught that racism is “prejudice plus power”. This is pretty dangerous, as well as being doubly erroneous and ridiculous. — DingoJones
Yep. The extremists get the headlines, naturally. There is some psychological effect happening, like when a child starts fires to get attention from parents. We are a world of lost, sad, angry children... armed to the teeth. — 0 thru 9
Because a person that hates someone for their skin pigmentation is a liability and cannot be trusted to give equal treatment to others in a hospital setting. Also, they are more likely to act out their hatred. — Anaxagoras
"What's wrong with it" = "What I don't like about it" — Terrapin Station
It's problematic to include antifa under the general label of SJW. Antifa is older and it's ideology is distinct from "social justice". — Echarmion
But I notice that for some, especially conservative thinkers, SJW seems to be considered something bad, almost like a curse word. — Anaxagoras
So s it a political thing, the reason why you don't like the things the SJW's are saying? — Isaac
In what way do you think it is "dangerous". Racism is just a word, surely it can take any definition. If someone coined a new word to describe situations which involved prejudice and power, would that new word be dangerous? And how would that even work? — Isaac
Isn't the person who is actually responsible for limiting the employee's choice the employer who caved in and fired him, the subsequent employers who refuse to hire him. — Isaac
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