![]() I always smirk and scoff whenever I hear athletes say "we're like soldiers going to war!" whenever they talk about their upcoming games, and I'm pretty similarly dismissive when I read some blog poster call herself a "warrior" because she doesn't like the portrayal of a comic book character and was ready to "battle" anyone who disagreed with her (I literally read this once, before "SJW" became a popular term of derision). ![]() It's kind of like "soldier" and how a lot of people make these inappropriate comparisons between themselves and real soldiers. The hint I see is that the word "warrior" is being used. Not sure this is the correct thread for this topic, but to answer your question, from my understanding, it mostly mocks people who act aggressive on the internet, and/or make big productions out of everything. Now days it seems to be screamed at anything that doesn't feature a heterosexual white male, like there is something fundamentally wrong with diversity, as if just saying "SJW" somehow constitutes an argument. I can't see why.My understanding of the traditional usage of the term, is that it refers to some sanctimonious soap boxing being offended on behalf of a group they are not a part of and may not even agree with them. However, these days people simply call anyone that highlights minority issues (no matter how small) in comics (or entertainment as a whole) an SJW like it's a bad thing. Granted some people go overboard and are definitely far too sensitive and react to things that are fairly innocuous (the whole Iron Fist casting controversy and a lot of what comes out of feminist frequency is definitely misguided). I don't think there's anything wrong in asking for greater and better diversity in entertainment. Most of the tweets containing this kind of rhetoric started up the weekend following the Wednesday horse-fall incident.It's used a LOT on the Internet but I thought to myself that why is "SJW" (or Social Justice Warrior) seen as a bad thing. There are a lot of tweets to unpack here, but this is the basic gist: William Shatner insists he doesn’t want “political” tweets in his feed, and he also thinks what he defines as “SJWs” are co-opting ‘60s liberalism and censoring free speech. There’s not a direct correlation here, but it’s worth nothing it happened on the same day that Shatner’s latest anti-SJW tweets began. Countless Twitter users tweeted at Shatner, most angry that he was so dismissive of SJWs in general.Įarlier that same day, at the Kentucky State Fair, Shatner fell off of a horse, landing face-first into the dirt. Seemingly, this was Shatner lighting a match and then looking around to see if gasoline would form around him. The trouble actually began brewing on Wednesday, July 26, when Shatner openly quibbled over the definition of what a social justice warrior is/is not. Many are even calling him a “milkshake duck”. It can all get confusing pretty fast, but the takeaway is this: liberal-leaning people on Twitter are mad at Shatner because it seems like he hates social justice warriors. On Sunday, July 30, Shatner fired off a series of tweets, all in response to various Twitter users debating about his stance on what does and does not constitute an “SJW,” whether or not it is a good thing, and why he says he can block people without appearing to be like President Donald Trump. William Shatner once told Trekkies to “get a life!” in an SNL sketch, but now he’s set his phasers on a different target: social justice warriors.
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