Okay, so can we all just admit that, though SJW is supposed to be a pejorative, it sounds kind of awesome? Like if you're a warrior for social justice, that means you're gonna dedicate your life to fighting for social justice. You know, like Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Jesus Christ, Jane Adams, etc.
Anyway, the term SJW is thrown around when people use illiberal or over-the-top tactics to combat little things, like impolite language. Personally, I'd probably be considered an SJW by some on the right, but I think I'm pretty strongly in favor of letting people express their opinions, as long as they do not try to exercise power over others in an unjust fashion. And I think it's good to educate people about how their language is received, just so that they are aware. And I also think that any time there is a hierarchy, the burden is on that hierarchy to prove its legitimacy in society. For example, in the U.S. in 1950, the burden of proof should have been on the white man to prove that he should have more power than women and people of color. Because that's not just a given, and the fact that the power disparity can't be proven legitimate is evidence that it is a socially unjust hierarchy which merely limits the abiity of women and people of color to live their lives in a free society.
