Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26516813-20190711012913/@comment-33165688-20190719200141

Gilgameshkun wrote: Actually, the term was used positively during the Civil Rights Movement half a century ago to describe devoted activists of social justice. But it came back into use starting with a certain nasty movement a few years ago whose name is two words that start with G. Then and since, I have only ever seen or heard the term used as a derogatory epithet, and never as a term of detached criticism. In today's world, it's an extremely loaded term which doesn't really have a place in civil, respectful discussion. Actually, it was in use MANY years before that, and not in a complimentary way, long before any current movement. Some people refer to themselves that way now, though.

Simply put, the problem is that social justice is less an ideal than a dogma that is badly flawed because, to put it bluntly, most of the people who espouse it are terrible, hypocritical and bigoted themselves. Their goal is not equality and justice, but to ignore some injustices in favor of others.