It is NOT some “conservative” political tilt — I like sushi
This is not true. It may be how you chose to view anyone with some conservative values though. Thinking it and saying it doesn’t make it a reality though. — I like sushi
The term “Gay” for homosexuals originates from women prostitutes. The etymology of phrases and terms is interesting, but once they become popular they mean what they mean. — I like sushi
Wait a minute. Are you claiming that behaviors in the social realm of politics, culture, and so on are unrelated to belief?
— Bitter Crank
Lots of people have lots of beliefs, desires, etc. that they never act on at all. — Terrapin Station
That demonstrates the difficulty with the term SJW. I think most people would agree that the treatment of the Christakises was terrible, and if the term SJW were only applied to people that conducted the sort of personal vendetta that we saw against the Christakises then it might be a useful term.The attempt to get Nicholas Christakis canned as a professor at Yale is a good example, too. — Terrapin Station
For conservatives, a gay man should not serve in the military same with transsexuals.
— Anaxagoras
So, it was a euphemism for "whore"; just like "courtesan" is a nicer term than prostitute, whore, kept woman, and so on. Gay guys had nothing to do with it. — BitterCrank
What about them?What about people who are lefties and use the term and they do not mean extremists? — DingoJones
Someone says x, it influences person y to take action z which restricts the a person's choice. This is something you've said you dislike. — Isaac
This is not true. Some people espousing homophobic tendencies is hardly representive of all conservatives. — I like sushi
I’ll just assume you meant “some” and not exclusively conservative. — I like sushi
Tons of beliefs simply have nothing to do with any way many people would act, other than the person reporting that they have the belief if you should ask them. For example, a belief about who was the second U.S. president, a belief about how far away the moon is from the Earth, a belief about what a plagal cadence is (re music theory). — Terrapin Station
Aren’t those examples of knowledge though? — DingoJones
Tons of beliefs simply have nothing to do with any way many people would act, other than the person reporting that they have the belief if you should ask them. For example, a belief about who was the second U.S. president, a belief about how far away the moon is from the Earth, a belief about what a plagal cadence is (re music theory). — Terrapin Station
I believe I should pay my utility bills on time. This belief entails an action. I believe I should bathe regularly, so I do. We quickly get into the territory of habitual behavior (I put my keys in my right front pocket, my comb in my back right pocket, my wallet in my back left pocket...) which are not related to belief at all. — Bitter Crank
What's wrong with it is that SJWs typically want to control what other people can choose to do. — Terrapin Station
For example, pressuring employers so that folks wind up canned because of something they said, photographs they posted, etc. — 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
The etymology of phrases and terms is interesting, but once they become popular they mean what they mean. — I like sushi
I'm basically confused between your hard-line position on free speech (which seems predicated on the fact that speech acts alone do not cause harm) and your opposition to the SJW's in these cases who (despite their nefarious objectives) were, afterall, only performing speech acts, and were therefore harmless. — Isaac
Some do, some don’t. Doesn’t change anything much. — I like sushi
First, I just want to make sure that you understand that I'm not saying that the speech acts of SJWs are harmful in any way. I feel like that's not clear, and I hate having to repeat the same thing over and over. — Terrapin Station
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