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wiiking96 posted...

- Most people who would self-identify as a "SJW" are well-meaning and primarily want to make the world a better place for disenfranchised groups. Not all SJWs know how best to achieve their goals, but they aren't malicious.

Most SJWs are people who want leverage in society through a childlike and emotionally unstable attempt to influence the opinions of the masses to treat them as victims. The other chunk of SJWs are those with hyperempathy who vicariously live through the victimhood of others.

wiiking96 posted...

- The term "SJW" has an inherently positive connotation (referring to a person who fights for increased societal justice), but anti-SJWs have made changed how internet culture at large views the term. There's a good chance that you associate the term with annoying and/or stupid people, but that's only because of propaganda.

The term SJW was always used in jest from the beginning, like keyboard warrior or basement warrior. SJWs just went "how is this an insult? I'm glad to fight for social justice!" and completely ignored the connotations of taking things too seriously.

wiiking96 posted...

- While there are some "SJWs" who are annoying, stupid, or even toxic, these are only a vocal minority that in no way represent the majority of people who seek improved societal justice. And the vast majority of these toxic individuals are mostly harmless.

It's completely subjective what you and your opponent consider "vocal" and "stupid". You could draw the lines basically anywhere. It's not a good defense.

wiiking96 posted...

- "SJWs" are nowhere near as influential towards pop culture trends as anti-SJWs like to suggest. The increased prevalence of progressive ideas in pop culture is a product of a generally more progressive society than what existed in the past, a society where racism, sexism, and bigotry of all forms are much less socially acceptable than they were in the past. "SJWs" are just a small part of a much larger societal trend towards increased societal justice.

Here's the thing, it's not just bigotry being less acceptable in media (because outright examples of it were pretty hard to come by depending on how far you go back), it's actively hunting down and eliminating anything that isn't progressive. It's this pervasive idea wholly resembling McCarthyism. It's this sheepish groupthink system of "trendy morals", and that's a philosophy I'm seeing you participate in right now. In this very topic, you are setting out to convince people of the "correct" way to think. Not just arguing a position, but coming in here with an air of "setting things straight".