Thread by @delaneykingrox

Social justice warrior isn't an insult.

'Social justice' is ensuring our society has justice. 'Warrior' means you are fighting.

Pretty much every hero on TV or in comics fights for justice.

Social Justice Warrior just means hero.

When someone attacks you for being a social justice warrior, they are stating that you are fighting for a society they do not want. They are happy with the injustices, because they benefit from them.

Social justice warrior is a term used by people who fight for injustice.

As a game developer and someone with a social media platform, I am frequently attacked online.

Invariably it is from people who are angry that I oppose the privileges they benefit from. They feel attacked because they value that privilege, and think I want to remove it-

-to, essentially, make their life worse. And life is bad enough as it is, right?

But fighting for equality seeks to elevate everyone's life fairly. Nobody loses, everyone gains.

The only difference is the unfair head start and privilege is gone.

If you need an unfair advantage you are not superior, you are inferior. And that is essentially what people who fight for inequality are saying... they are afraid they are going to be at a disadvantage because they are told that they, secretly, are inferior.

We live in a sea of fear mongering. Propeganda that divides us so we don't rally together, advertising that makes us feel incomplete (without a product or service), Social media magnifies this.

The war isn't SJW trying to ruin a good system- it is a war over fear.

Fear, as one meh CG version of a great puppet once said, leads to anger, and anger leads to suffering.

Fight for a society that doesn't make you fear.