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In [[Internet culture]], '''Social Justice Warrior''' has been used as a term for perceived liberals, progressives, feminists, and supporters of [[political correctness]] and [[social justice]].<ref name=WashingtonPost>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/10/07/why-social-justice-warrior-a-gamergate-insult-is-now-a-dictionary-entry|title=Why ‘social justice warrior,’ a Gamergate insult, is now a dictionary entry|author=Abby Ohlheiser|date=7 October 2015|work=Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/column/words-words-words/article/2015/3/12/simplistic-social-justice-warrior|title=The Social Justice Warrior|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2015/12/31/5_reasons_2015_was_the_year_of_the_social_justice_warrior_and_why_progressives_should_embrace_the_term_partner|title=5 reasons 2015 was the year of the social justice warrior (and why progressives should embrace the term)|author=Matthew Rozsa|work=Salon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/427523/religious-zealots-campus-social-justice-warriors|title=New Holy Rollers -- Social-Justice Warriors - National Review Online|author=David French|date=23 November 2015|work=National Review Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dailycaller.com/2015/12/14/yahoo-allows-social-justice-warrior-to-scaremonger-about-global-warming|title=Yahoo's 'Social Justice Warrior' Article On Global Warming - The Daily Caller|author=Andrew Follett|date=14 December 2015|work=The Daily Caller}}</ref> |
In [[Internet culture]], '''Social Justice Warrior''' has been used as a term for perceived liberals, progressives, feminists, and supporters of [[political correctness]] and [[social justice]].<ref name=WashingtonPost>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/10/07/why-social-justice-warrior-a-gamergate-insult-is-now-a-dictionary-entry|title=Why ‘social justice warrior,’ a Gamergate insult, is now a dictionary entry|author=Abby Ohlheiser|date=7 October 2015|work=Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/column/words-words-words/article/2015/3/12/simplistic-social-justice-warrior|title=The Social Justice Warrior|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2015/12/31/5_reasons_2015_was_the_year_of_the_social_justice_warrior_and_why_progressives_should_embrace_the_term_partner|title=5 reasons 2015 was the year of the social justice warrior (and why progressives should embrace the term)|author=Matthew Rozsa|work=Salon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/427523/religious-zealots-campus-social-justice-warriors|title=New Holy Rollers -- Social-Justice Warriors - National Review Online|author=David French|date=23 November 2015|work=National Review Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dailycaller.com/2015/12/14/yahoo-allows-social-justice-warrior-to-scaremonger-about-global-warming|title=Yahoo's 'Social Justice Warrior' Article On Global Warming - The Daily Caller|author=Andrew Follett|date=14 December 2015|work=The Daily Caller}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=Irish Times|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/technology/game-reviews/are-gamers-misogynistic-some-certainly-are-1.1968159|date=18 October 2014|title=Gamers Misogynistic? Some Certainly Are|quote=The term "social justice warrior" GamerGate: A Closer Look At The Controversy Sweeping Video Games (surely a good thing) has been used pejoratively to describe those writers who choose to examine the social and political subtexts of contemporary video games}}</ref><ref name="WaPoGamergate">{{cite web|work=[[The Washington Post]]|title=The Only Guide to Gamergate You Will Ever Need to Read|date=14 October 2014|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/10/14/the-only-guide-to-gamergate-you-will-ever-need-to-read/|quote=...'SJW,' for social justice warrior—a kind of shorthand insult for liberals and progressives.|accessdate=22 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|quote=A Social Justice Warrior, or SJW, is any person, female or male, who argues online for political correctness or feminism. 'Social justice' may sound like a good thing to many of our readers, but the people who use this term only use it pejoratively.|url=http://recode.net/2014/10/10/understanding-the-jargon-of-gamergate/|title=Understanding the Jargon of Gamergate|date=10 October 2014|work=Re/code|accessdate=22 April 2015|last=Johnson|first=Eric}}</ref> Frequently initialized as '''SJW''', the term is used to insinuate pretense and as a general shorthand for a putatively disingenuous person engaging in social justice arguments to raise their personal reputation.<ref>http://nypost.com/2015/07/13/doubts-of-a-social-justice-warrior/</ref><ref>{{cite web|quote=[citing Vice] 'For certain segments of the gaming world, she writes, the term refers to "people who, according to Urbandictionary, engage in 'social justice arguments on the internet ... in an effort to raise their own personal reputation.' In other words, SJWs don't hold strong principles, but they pretend to."'|url=http://op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/29/why-a-video-game-critic-was-forced-to-flee-her-home/|last=North|first=Anna|date=29 August 2014|title=Why a Video Game Critic Was Forced to Flee Her home|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Meet the Female Gamer Mascot Born of Anti-Feminist Internet Drama|date=28 August 2014|last=Ringo|first=Allegra|work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|url=http://www.vice.com/read/meet-the-female-gamer-mascot-created-by-anti-feminists-828|quote=People who, according to Urban Dictionary, engage in 'social justice arguments on the internet ... in an effort to raise their own personal reputation.' In other words, SJWs don't hold strong principles, but they pretend to. The problem is, that's not a real category of people. It's simply a way to dismiss anyone who brings up social justice—and often those people are feminists. It's awfully convenient to have a term at the ready to dismiss women who bring up sexism, as in, 'You don't really care. As an SJW, you're just taking up this cause to make yourself look good!'}}</ref> |
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==Origins== |
==Origins== |
Revision as of 03:25, 22 January 2016
In Internet culture, Social Justice Warrior has been used as a term for perceived liberals, progressives, feminists, and supporters of political correctness and social justice.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Frequently initialized as SJW, the term is used to insinuate pretense and as a general shorthand for a putatively disingenuous person engaging in social justice arguments to raise their personal reputation.[9][10][11]
Origins
Abby Ohlheiser, writing in The Washington Post, said the term "emerged as the preferred term among the Gamergate movement for the people they believed to be their greatest enemies. Now, the word has crossed over enough into mainstream use that in August, 'Social Justice Warrior' was included in the latest batch of words added to Oxford Dictionaries."[1][12]
See also
References
- ^ a b Abby Ohlheiser (7 October 2015). "Why 'social justice warrior,' a Gamergate insult, is now a dictionary entry". Washington Post.
- ^ "The Social Justice Warrior".
- ^ Matthew Rozsa. "5 reasons 2015 was the year of the social justice warrior (and why progressives should embrace the term)". Salon.
- ^ David French (23 November 2015). "New Holy Rollers -- Social-Justice Warriors - National Review Online". National Review Online.
- ^ Andrew Follett (14 December 2015). "Yahoo's 'Social Justice Warrior' Article On Global Warming - The Daily Caller". The Daily Caller.
- ^ "Gamers Misogynistic? Some Certainly Are". Irish Times. 18 October 2014.
The term "social justice warrior" GamerGate: A Closer Look At The Controversy Sweeping Video Games (surely a good thing) has been used pejoratively to describe those writers who choose to examine the social and political subtexts of contemporary video games
- ^ "The Only Guide to Gamergate You Will Ever Need to Read". The Washington Post. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
...'SJW,' for social justice warrior—a kind of shorthand insult for liberals and progressives.
- ^ Johnson, Eric (10 October 2014). "Understanding the Jargon of Gamergate". Re/code. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
A Social Justice Warrior, or SJW, is any person, female or male, who argues online for political correctness or feminism. 'Social justice' may sound like a good thing to many of our readers, but the people who use this term only use it pejoratively.
- ^ http://nypost.com/2015/07/13/doubts-of-a-social-justice-warrior/
- ^ North, Anna (29 August 2014). "Why a Video Game Critic Was Forced to Flee Her home". The New York Times.
[citing Vice] 'For certain segments of the gaming world, she writes, the term refers to "people who, according to Urbandictionary, engage in 'social justice arguments on the internet ... in an effort to raise their own personal reputation.' In other words, SJWs don't hold strong principles, but they pretend to."'
- ^ Ringo, Allegra (28 August 2014). "Meet the Female Gamer Mascot Born of Anti-Feminist Internet Drama". Vice.
People who, according to Urban Dictionary, engage in 'social justice arguments on the internet ... in an effort to raise their own personal reputation.' In other words, SJWs don't hold strong principles, but they pretend to. The problem is, that's not a real category of people. It's simply a way to dismiss anyone who brings up social justice—and often those people are feminists. It's awfully convenient to have a term at the ready to dismiss women who bring up sexism, as in, 'You don't really care. As an SJW, you're just taking up this cause to make yourself look good!'
- ^ "social justice warrior: definition of social justice warrior in Oxford dictionary (American English) (US)".