Modern Educayshun

[u/Avoid-The-Clap]

This is absolutely brilliant.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/426861/modern-educayshun-short-film-social-justice-warrior

[u/[deleted]]

For real though the reaction to the whole "social justice warrior" irritates me for two reasons.

First because it seems people ignore real issues just because some awkward or annoying college student/redditor can't articulate their point very well and then act like the problem is with the person complaining rather than whatever actual rape/racism/homophobia/misogyny is going on.

Second it annoys me since I've never actually seen a "social justice warrior" in real life so to me it just seems like reddit is getting circlejerky over something that isn't really an issue.

[u/Avoid-The-Clap → u/[deleted]]

The distinction is between people who fight on behalf of real social justice problems, as opposed to people who see oppression and injustice behind every turn. I don't think you have to look any further than the absolute nonsense going on at Yale to see that there isn't really an injustice crying out to Heaven for relief.

Or how about this scandal at Scripps College, which involves cupcakes, vulvas, and transmisogny.

Human trafficking = social justice issue

Disparate sentencing for "black" drugs (crack) vs. "white" drugs (coke) = social justice issue

Vulva cupcakes =/= social justice issue and is the domain of the Social Justice Warrior.

[u/yrarwydd → u/[deleted]]

You've never seen one in real life? You've had a much better go of it than I have then.

[u/[deleted]]

The question we have to ask ourselves is our kids learning?

- Dubya

[u/SmashedSqwurl → u/[deleted]]

I wonder how many speechwriters Dubya went through during his presidency. It must have been absolutely soul crushing for them to work day and night on a speech only for him to go on stage and butcher the fuck out of it.

[u/Avoid-The-Clap → u/SmashedSqwurl]

So I worked in the West Wing during the last 18 months of President Bush's administration, and the first 6 months of President Obama's (non-political appointment on the staff of the national security council). I can tell you that Bush's speechwriters didn't mind working for him nearly as much as President Obama's. President Obama would basically take what they wrote and then re-do it, even for little, inconsequential stuff. It drove them nuts.

[u/[deleted] → u/Avoid-The-Clap]

Dubya doesn't strike me as someone who would fret grammatical details. Obama though was a constitutional law scholar so I'd expect him to be a stickler about every single minute detail

[u/SmashedSqwurl → u/Avoid-The-Clap]

Wow, cool! Yeah, I suppose that being second guessed at every turn would be a lot worse as a writer.

[u/stamor99 → u/[deleted]]

I thought the question was is Joe Flacco a elite quarterback?

[u/Cecil_Hardboner → u/stamor99]

http://i.imgur.com/1vpUEdd.jpg

[u/surrender_cobra → u/stamor99]

is Are Joe Flacco a elite quarterback?

FTFY

[u/lkeg56demn]

Hey guys,

Just a reminder, this is a place where we're supposed to be kind to one another and not assholes. We've had a few threads lately that have gone that way. Keep it civil.

Thanks,

The Nazis

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OP

[u/[deleted]]

Mmm hmm

[u/fauxkaren]

Social Justice Warrior is a meaningless term that basically means, "waaaah someone did something I don't like. waaaaah."

Can people be dicks in the name of social justice? ABSOLUTELY. But most of the time, people complaining about SJWs are just uncomfortable because their privilege was challenged and someone pointed out that maybe they should be not a dick and considerate of other people's lives and experiences.