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Oxford defines social justice as "justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society."
How does the term SJW relate to this?
SJW, aka Social Justice Warrior.
I see this term thrown around all the time, but what does it really mean? What do you mean when you use it, and why do you use it?
It seems like such a nebulous term, and I've seen it used to describe anything from extremist feminist groups to any policy remotely liberal or progressive in nature.
Looking at the first example, we have a feminist extremist group. Let's say they fight for female power, not an inherently bad thing. But then they also claim that men are inferior, and should die, etc. Very sexist, and they are defined as SJWs. But when looking back at Oxford's definition of social justice, the term SJW doesn't seem to hold up. You could certainly call this group warriors for female empowerment, but is their form of feminism a type of justice? Not really, sexism isn't justice. Therefore, it doesn't make sense that the term social justice warrior is applied to this group.
Another example of the usage of this term is when two scenes were changed in Persona 5 Royal's western release (for context, click here). Many people referred to this decision as "SJW" or as something bad. But why is it bad? What makes this SJW? Yes, it has a social justice component because these scenes were changed to remove some dialogue that presented harmful stereotypes of homosexual men, but people are using the term SJW to describe this decision as if it's a bad thing. As if the progressive depiction of homosexual people is a bad thing. Odd.
So why is the term Social Justice Warrior even a bad thing? Why does it have such a negative connotation? Isn't it a good thing to be someone who fights for social justice? I see nothing wrong with that. Every time I see this word used, it never makes sense. It's either used to describe people or situations that actually oppose social justice (example one) or is used to put down progressive changes/policy/movements, etc (example 2). Again, very odd.
What are your opinions? I'm interested to hear what people have to say.
Please keep this thread civil, thanks!
How does the term SJW relate to this?
SJW, aka Social Justice Warrior.
I see this term thrown around all the time, but what does it really mean? What do you mean when you use it, and why do you use it?
It seems like such a nebulous term, and I've seen it used to describe anything from extremist feminist groups to any policy remotely liberal or progressive in nature.
Looking at the first example, we have a feminist extremist group. Let's say they fight for female power, not an inherently bad thing. But then they also claim that men are inferior, and should die, etc. Very sexist, and they are defined as SJWs. But when looking back at Oxford's definition of social justice, the term SJW doesn't seem to hold up. You could certainly call this group warriors for female empowerment, but is their form of feminism a type of justice? Not really, sexism isn't justice. Therefore, it doesn't make sense that the term social justice warrior is applied to this group.
Another example of the usage of this term is when two scenes were changed in Persona 5 Royal's western release (for context, click here). Many people referred to this decision as "SJW" or as something bad. But why is it bad? What makes this SJW? Yes, it has a social justice component because these scenes were changed to remove some dialogue that presented harmful stereotypes of homosexual men, but people are using the term SJW to describe this decision as if it's a bad thing. As if the progressive depiction of homosexual people is a bad thing. Odd.
So why is the term Social Justice Warrior even a bad thing? Why does it have such a negative connotation? Isn't it a good thing to be someone who fights for social justice? I see nothing wrong with that. Every time I see this word used, it never makes sense. It's either used to describe people or situations that actually oppose social justice (example one) or is used to put down progressive changes/policy/movements, etc (example 2). Again, very odd.
What are your opinions? I'm interested to hear what people have to say.
Please keep this thread civil, thanks!