RE: Were social justice warriors responsible for the election outcome?
November 15, 2016 at 11:24 pm
(This post was last modified: November 15, 2016 at 11:26 pm by Vincent.)
I am on another forum with many SJW's on it, and when I tried to propose this thought to one of the members (and not rudely, mind you, I was very respectful about it), they blew up at me and then demanded I don't use the word "SJW".
I think far left liberals have, unconsciously or not, good intentions or not, made a habit of vilifying the white male in America. This talk of "privilege" bullshit, of painting all minorities as victims and all but saying that white men are selfish and cannot have problems of their own that even stack up in comparison to a black man, or a woman, has pushed people further from the left. It makes me irritated to be a democrat, and it makes me borderline ashamed of my own generation (I am in my early 20's, and this seems to be the age range most of them fall into).
Edit: that being said, I don't think this was the only factor and I believe if another candidate had won the nomination, the democrats still might have taken the election.
I think far left liberals have, unconsciously or not, good intentions or not, made a habit of vilifying the white male in America. This talk of "privilege" bullshit, of painting all minorities as victims and all but saying that white men are selfish and cannot have problems of their own that even stack up in comparison to a black man, or a woman, has pushed people further from the left. It makes me irritated to be a democrat, and it makes me borderline ashamed of my own generation (I am in my early 20's, and this seems to be the age range most of them fall into).
Edit: that being said, I don't think this was the only factor and I believe if another candidate had won the nomination, the democrats still might have taken the election.
