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Is the rage against SJWs a huge Straw-Man argument?


I've been on Youtube a lot recently and the whole place is awash with SJW hatred.In fact, there is so much anti-SJW hatred, that it outnumbers anything actually posted online by SJWs by about ten to one.

On Youtube, you have a wide and diverse range of anti-SJW and anti-feminist opinions, all of which say pretty much exactly the same thing. You get people who call themselves 'classical liberals,' including Dave Ruben and the Skeptic Community, all of which got bored hating on religion and seemed to decide that attacking SJWs was a more marketable past-time now. They like Jordan Peterson too and he is a Christian so work that one out. You also have the alt-rightish commentators and people like (the unpretentiously named) Sargon of Akad who is kind of in-between the two. If you want a video of a crazy student being 'triggered,' it is easier to find than a funny cat video.

I know there are some nutty students on University campuses and on Tumblr. No shit. They are young people on the internet. They also have minority views and have little power. So why the rage against them?

I just think its the tried a trusted political tactic of taking the worst example of a ridiculous thing a political opponent can do and then making it representative of the entire political left. Pick an angry student on a bad day and film them doing something crazy. Then say; "See! This is what 'the left' is like".

Its taken even further too because the 'Cultural Marxist' conspiracy theory seeks to explain how these young and excitable defenders of minority causes are seeking to take over the entire Western World. Jordan Peterson calls it 'Post-Modern Neo-Marxism' and this seems to be the same as 'Cultural Marxism'. I.E. A batshit crazy conspiracy which thinks Marxist theory was a theory of how to control people and that Post-Modernist theory was about control of culture.

Peterson may be an excellent psychologist but he should probably stick to that because he doesn't seem to understand Marxism, Post-Modernism or the word 'Neo'. The idea that a few French intellectuals in the 60s and 70s who represented a (never-dominant) faction within social-science academia could take over the world is ridiculous.

The west has been moving towards more progressive cultural values but a lot of that is due to the decline in Christianity and the more individualistic and atomised way that we live these days. Social diversity is a result of technology, travel and free-market capitalism. It's not because of some French dude in the 60s who nobody has read, nor is it down to a purple-haired 19-year-old who shouts a lot. None of that affects you at all, actually.

Most SJWs see themselves as defending the rights of minority groups, yet the entirety of the political right on Youtube thinks that [i]it [/i]is a besieged minority group which is denied free speech (it isn't, they are allowed to say all kinds of crap on Youtube and some are even NAZIs).

I know Youtube politics is silly but these people do have influence. Some have north of a million subscribers and a lot of people take them seriously. Really though, this shouldn't happen.
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Ynotisay · M
Very well-stated.
The irony of those who beat their chests against "SJW's," while doing the exact same thing they're railing against, always blows my mind. If you want a real "snowflake" look no further than the people whining about "snowflakes."
Faux-persecution is alive and well. And there's a whole lot of people out there who take advantage of that for their own gain.
For me it comes down to the platform of social media. It's not about affecting change for most. It's about "look at me." It means nothing.
GarryToppins · 36-40, M
@Ynotisay The Anti-SJW is equally as whiny, but have you seen them try to shut down SJW conferences and use violence against people who want to see a speaker? They believe speech is violence and that their use of violence is an equal retaliation. It is dangerous.
Ynotisay · M
@GarryToppins The behavior is certainly not restricted to specific political leanings. It's speaks to a certain kind of person.
@Ynotisay Absolutely. Heather Heyer was an anti-racism protester killed by a white supremacist Anti-SJW who didn’t want any opposition to the marchers in Charlottesville.
GarryToppins · 36-40, M
@Ynotisay I agree. @bijouxbroussard And? Can't we clump these new White Nationalists with SJWs? Same generation. Same tactics and same whining. White Supremecy is dead. It is now White Nationalism. They don't say they are better than other groups. They say thay just want to be around their group and that they should structure the state to benefit them and their culture.
@GarryToppins No, because SJWs want these opportunities for groups who weren’t previously receiving them. White supremacists (who support white [b]supremacy[/b]) want them [b]only[/b] for whites, who were receiving them before.
GarryToppins · 36-40, M
@bijouxbroussard I'm only referring to tactics. I am not making a values judgement on their ideas.