PhilGoetz comments on "3 Reasons It’s Irrational to Demand ‘Rationalism’ in Social Justice Activism" - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwillen 30 March 2016 06:41:14AM *  6 points [-]

I would just like to note / point out that "SJW" is not a particularly neutral way to refer to the group of people in question -- it smuggles in (at least for some readers, and I suspect for most) a distinctly negative connotation about the group described.

Obviously if that's your intention, then by all means use the language you prefer; but if some of the commenters didn't mean it that way, and are just trying neutrally discuss a movement, I'd encourage picking a different term for it. (I normally say "the social justice movement".)

I will borrow from Error's very apt disclaimer in another comment, and note that my feelings toward the movement in question are more or less neutral -- "an affect borne of opinions that cancel out rather than a simple lack of same."

Comment author: PhilGoetz 30 March 2016 02:56:19PM *  1 point [-]

How about SJM? I want a noun, not a long noun phrase.

Why did the description change from "civil rights" to "social justice"?

Comment author: 27chaos 12 April 2016 10:22:45AM 1 point [-]

Social justice is about culture, not just legal rights.

Comment author: ChristianKl 12 April 2016 01:46:16PM 0 points [-]

It's the change from second wave feminism to third wave feminism.

Comment author: Lumifer 30 March 2016 03:10:13PM -2 points [-]

How about SJM?

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