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Ninety: Yep.

Phantom: Yeah. The internet tends to make a mockery of things like it's our own personal reality show. It's terrifying.

Yeah, I see my decision to stay the hell away from the pros and antis in the social justice sphere was a wise one.

i don't know if ninety was implying this at all in his post but i think that labeling anyone as "scum" (if it's not an abbreviation for something else, i had to google it to find out what it actually means and it doesn't seem to stand for anything) comes across as an unnecessary slur.

it's stuff like that which makes tumblr look extraordinarily hateful for a community which is supposed to be all about welcoming the disenfranchised.

not to say that the kids involved in this aren't dumb or anything, i'm just making a point.

edited 31st May '15 6:34:51 PM by wehrmacht

Jeeze. I reblogged one post about the whole thing because I was confused about it, and figured some of my followers might be grateful for the information, but If I had known the whole thing was a bunch of kids I probably would have just ignored it.

Glad I've mostly been ignoring the actual mocking, though.

wehr: Even the people who are truscum use it, so take it up with them. I have never heard an alternative term for it, I'm just using the word they use to self describe.

They say in their blog they are truscum. Literally.

edited 31st May '15 6:39:33 PM by MrAHR

for the record i'm not saying that it isn't an intolerant or problematic position (nor was i judging you in any way since i actually had a look at the blog myself now and they do use it to self-describe), i just don't really like the way the word sounds and i find it kind of weird that a person with that position would refer to themselves like that.

edited 31st May '15 6:41:06 PM by wehrmacht

—shrugs— I don't know why either. If you know another term that's making rounds, I'll use it, but from what I can tell, it's mostly been neutralized (aka a full range of meaning, depending on who's using it).

Or at least as neutralized as the term SJW.

Honestly I know very few people who hold that position who DON'T use that term.

edited 31st May '15 6:41:19 PM by MrAHR

at this point i'd probably just call a person concerned with social issues a progressive or something (despite how vague and meaningless that term typically is), the term SJW has so much baggage now that it's really hard to use without making yourself look like someone who's just really intolerant about people who have legitimate issues with the way the world works, quite possibly because of their own experiences.

edited 31st May '15 6:43:56 PM by wehrmacht

It is grating, but people are using it, and so far it does serve as a way to separate and categorize people.

For instance I qualify as an SJW. I have even used the term before, because it gets the point across simplistically enough where my political/social opinions lie.

New terms form in wonky ways. And so long as there is discourse surrounding it, people will be making specific terms to suit the discourse.

It runs both ways, depending on a number of factors.

Depending on the circle you run in, people labeling you as a 'SJW' can mean quick derision as someone who's an angry maniac detached from the reality of the world and completely incapable of being tolerant of anyone who doesn't share your opinion 100% of the time.

This is why I just call myself an "SJR"

Social Justice Rogue.

In seriousness, I like SJA — Social Justice Advocate. Not that I'd call myself one anyway.

It's not the name or the title that's so much the problem, but rather the kind of people that have become associated with the label.

So what's all this about, then?

The usual.

Anyways do you ever do this thing where you forget aesthetic bloggers have lives until they have messages about their birthday or they like one of your posts, because they don't do the thing where they blog about their personal lives, and so it just seems like pretty pictures especially if there is no particular theme. Or is that just me?

Blogs that don't have personal posts are kind of nice. It's weird when specific blogs post personal posts. I unfollowed a food blog once cause they asked help for their math homework.

I guess but I don't know I think I prefer to feel like I'm connecting to people, though I do follow some food blogs, and such that don't. I don't mind them, I just find it harder to go there is a person behind this blog. And I'm less likely to follow them, because of it.

What's an "aesthetic blogger"?

Someone who reblogs things because they look nice, or occasionally takes photos and posts them based on what looks the best. Tend not to have as many personal posts.

edited 31st May '15 7:57:19 PM by phantom1

I think almost everyone on Tumblr does this, to an extent.

Well yes usually there is just other stuff in between about the shows they like or there pets or school or whatever.

edited 31st May '15 7:58:14 PM by phantom1

It would probably be best if we just stopped discussing this whole 'Sonic Real Justic' meme, since ultimate,y it only feeds the trolls

It's a good thing we moved on to a different discussion then, eh?

Yeah now were mostly discussing aesthetic blogs.