The problem of SJWs

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There was no prejudice to campaign against so he burned down his home?

https://metro.co.uk/2019/02/25/lgbt-act ... n-8738779/

Some weird logic there.

81-Year-Old Man Wearing MAGA Hat Attacked in NJ Supermarket: Prosecutors

SJW-ism explained:

Moral Outrage Is Self-Serving, Say Psychologists

When people publicly rage about perceived injustices that don't affect them personally, we tend to assume this expression is rooted in altruism—a "disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others." But new research suggests that professing such third-party concern—what social scientists refer to as "moral outrage"—is often a function of self-interest, wielded to assuage feelings of personal culpability for societal harms or reinforce (to the self and others) one's own status as a Very Good Person.

Outrage expressed "on behalf of the victim of [a perceived] moral violation" is often thought of as "a prosocial emotion" rooted in "a desire to restore justice by fighting on behalf of the victimized," explain Bowdoin psychology professor Zachary Rothschild and University of Southern Mississippi psychology professor Lucas A. Keefer in the latest edition of Motivation and Emotion. Yet this conventional construction—moral outrage as the purview of the especially righteous—is "called into question" by research on guilt, they say.

"Feelings of guilt are a direct threat to one's sense that they are a moral person and, accordingly, research on guilt finds that this emotion elicits strategies aimed at alleviating guilt that do not always involve undoing one's actions. Furthermore, research shows that individuals respond to reminders of their group's moral culpability with feelings of outrage at third-party harm-doing. These findings suggest that feelings of moral outrage, long thought to be grounded solely in concerns with maintaining justice, may sometimes reflect efforts to maintain a moral identity."

http://reason.com/blog/2017/03/01/moral ... lf-serving

"Do you have approval from the Central Committee to wear those flowers, comrade?"

'Hawaiian Day' party flooded by cultural controversy wave

The Student Bar Association at the University of South Dakota says it was pressured to change the name of its “Hawaiian Day” party because it violates USD’s policy on inclusiveness.

According to the Argus Leader, a student submitted an essay to the USD law school administration, who then advised the Student Bar Association to change the name of the event.

The SBA changed the name of the event to “Beach Day” and then sent a message to their members stating that the dress code would still be the same, which was floral shirts and leis, according to the report. A second message followed, however, stating that the leis would no longer be part of the event due to complaints by the law school administration surrounding the inclusiveness of the leis.

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11937

Maryland Democratic official takes heat for calls to 'dox' gun rights activists

Alyssa Milano has apologised after sparking outrage by tweeting that she was trans, a lesbian and a gay man.
The former Charmed actress posted the message on International Women’s Day (March while quote-tweeting a person called Kirk who asked her if she was trans. He posed the question after Milano said she was marking the day by celebrating her “transgender sisters.”

The American star, who is a prominent figure in the #MeToo movement, apologised after people expressed anger about her post.
On Saturday (March 9), she wrote: “I’m glad this tweet invoked conversation. I’m so sorry it offended some. I see you and hear you.

“But just a reminder, empathy is not a bad thing. Nuance is important and literal interpretation is not always intended.”

“And I can identify with and not identify as. Both are powerful,” she added.

The star, who has appeared in Insatiable and Commando, was criticised for her posts.

Many objected to the idea that she could assume the identities she had listed, with one person tweeting: “No. You are an advocate. Be ok with that. This isn’t the way to say you are with us.

“You can’t just fake an experience you don’t have. You don’t navigate any space like these groups. This is the ‘I don’t see colour’ approach which is oppression and erasure.”

Another said: “it’s actually not that woke or empowering to others for you to declare yourself a marginalised identity when you aren’t… come on dude.”

Some criticised Milano for her apology as well, like the tweeter who said: “Lol as if it wasn’t obvious claiming membership of victim classes wouldn’t cause outrage.”

I don't take when people say "I don't see colour" to mean 100% literally. I wouldn't say it myself, but I see it as meaning it is not relevant.

You see cars going down the road, do you care what colour they are, do you even think about it? If you see three different coloured cats, do you care what colour they are? Maybe you do in some small way, for instance if the car or cat is your favourite colour, but beyond that? I doubt it. You might notice a white guy more if he was standing with ten black guys, but no more than a white car coming down the road with ten black cars or a white cat with ten black cats.

OMG, air is racist!!

Study finds a race gap in air pollution — whites largely cause it; blacks and Hispanics breathe it

While the air pollution in the U.S. has gotten cleaner in the past decade, pollution inequity has remained high. USA TODAY

The air that Americans breathe isn't equal.

Blacks and Hispanics disproportionately breathe air that's been polluted by non-Hispanic whites, according to a study. This new research quantifies for the first time the racial gap between who causes air pollution – and who breathes it.

"Pollution is disproportionately caused by whites, but disproportionately inhaled by black and Hispanic minorities," the study said.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nat ... 130783002/

Yeah, that seems like a really dumb study. It doesn't seem like the non-whites are living in particularly polluted areas, everyone is breathing the same air. It doesn't say if the products produced at the cost of that air pollution are worth it or anything like that.

Or in the words of the famous segregationist Democrat governor of Alabama, George Wallace: "Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!"

Student newspaper editorial board endorses nonwhite segregated housing

Minority-only housing will ‘assist in making the College…more welcoming, supportive and safe’

The editorial board of a campus newspaper has endorsed a student proposal to establish segregated housing on campus, claiming that such housing will help make the school “safe” and “welcoming.”

The Coalition Against Racist Education Now, a coalition of activists students at Williams College, recently released a list of demands “calling upon the College’s trustees to fulfill their ‘obligation to the well-being and safety of its students, faculty and staff’,” according to The Williams Record.

https://www.thecollegefix.com/student-n ... d-housing/

its strange how the left dont understand that demonizing all white males will turn into a bloodbath, their own sons, fathers, brothers etc will get opressed. the left makes the whole world hate white males. white males get accused for racism, sexism, homophobia, colonialism etc.

take a wild guess why the left wants free immigration to all white nations ? they want white males to lose their power and turn the white nations into non-white. and it will happen, probaly in 200 years almost whole europe will have non-white majority by far and biggest religion will be islam which i am okay with because i think its better than atheism andd even christianity.

The way I see it the issue with SJWs is primarily one of behavior. SJWs tend to be loud, obnoxious, and bully people to get their way. They use emotional manipulation and shaming and character assassination and mob mentalities to pressure people into adopting their perspective, and generally act self righteous and as if they're being persecuted when there's push back.

I think the left has a lot of good ideas about privilege and stuff. I mean, it's about structure. Just looking at it from an autistic perspective, someone who is NT is going to have an easier time in some ways in life. People with autism often struggle to find jobs, or relationships in ways that NT people don't even have to think about, and face extra barriers that are invisible to most people, but blatantly apparent to us.

That's what "privilege" is in a nutshell. The fact that some people have an easier time than others, are often blind to these advantages, and act like we're this perfect little meritocracy where if only you try hard enough you can achieve all your goals. Nah. life isn't fair. The guy with bad legs isn't going to be an olympic athlete. And people who are black, or female, or of an alternative sexuality aren't going to have an easy time meshing into society vs a cis white male protestant.

There's nothing wrong with acknowledging that sometimes life isnt fair and that we should support policies and ideologies to try to rectify these differences and make society more fair and inclusive.

The problem with SJWs isn't these ideas. It's the fact that they are extremely militant and engage in bullying behavior to browbeat anyone who disagrees with them, or even worse does agree with them but doesn't express the proper amount of emotion and dedication to the topic at hand.

Yeah the left generally does a terrible job framing stuff. Huge reason why they alienate people. More interested in being morally superior than actually getting their views across in a way people understand.