RE: Being anti social justice warrior is a catalyst for bullying behavior
October 10, 2016 at 10:09 pm
(October 10, 2016 at 9:22 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: I think it's mistake to believe that this is just a part of our time period.
People have been this way all throughout history. We love Teddy Roosevelt and his father for their "social justice work" at the time but boy howdy were they vilified in their own.
Also I think it's a mistake to think that social justice is largely comprised of what I like to call the "tumblr" crowd - the people YL is mentioning who go around calling people shitlords or creating superfine definitions of what they are. They're generally teenagers and have no idea WTF they're even doing yet. But they don't really make up the bulk of the collective that wants justice for women and minorities.
Also they aren't the only ones who need those superfine definitions. Lawd, don't ever call a psychic a medium, or vice versa, or clairvoyant, or "sensitive" - the paranormal industry is filled with people like this. They want a precise name so they feel validated and important. Many of these people YL is talking about want the same as well.
That's basically all humanity wants - to be validated for their feelings and existence. Once we can at least provide each other that much, I feel like we'd be able to have a better discussion about how to fix our issues.
Exactly -- let's get down to brass tacks, and let others label us as they will. If you give a shit about how others think of you, by definition, you're shopping out your self-conception.
