In almost every incident you mention, the worst consequence of SJWs going too far is hurt feelings.
People were massacred at Charlie Hebdo, there were mass killings in Paris, and yet still the reaction across the internet is "terrorism has no religion". There are people who are dead and yet the trend whenever anyone questions Islamist ideology (not Islamic religion, extremist ideology) is cries of 'racism'.
So no, I believe it might actually be worse than hurt feelings at this stage.
And we have crazy numbers of people in the UK going to join ISIS in Syria. Even several cases of women trying to take their children out there. Girls going out there to be married to ISIS members. These are people from good families. Muslim parents are horrified to discover their children joining terrorist groups and trying desperately to stop them leaving or to get them to come home.
But apparently "terrorism has no religion", so I guess it's all fine.... *shrugs*
Perhaps you're right and all I'm REALLY getting by spending time on Tumblr is a greater exposure to powerless idiots. But when REAL problems are dismissed by SJWs, I can't help but feel that they are doing real harm. That their disinformation is a real problem.
I feel I should note that for me the term SJWs applies essentially to left-wing trolls. (I get the impression that some here think I am using the term to refer to anyone opposing racism, sexism, etc. or promoting feminism, which would mean I was aiming some strong criticism against myself, y'know?)
But my argument wasn't actually that SJWs are powerful (outside of the internet), but simply that the backlash against them is deserved. I think I can still stand by that.
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Date: 2016-01-23 11:47 pm (UTC)People were massacred at Charlie Hebdo, there were mass killings in Paris, and yet still the reaction across the internet is "terrorism has no religion". There are people who are dead and yet the trend whenever anyone questions Islamist ideology (not Islamic religion, extremist ideology) is cries of 'racism'.
So no, I believe it might actually be worse than hurt feelings at this stage.
And we have crazy numbers of people in the UK going to join ISIS in Syria. Even several cases of women trying to take their children out there. Girls going out there to be married to ISIS members. These are people from good families. Muslim parents are horrified to discover their children joining terrorist groups and trying desperately to stop them leaving or to get them to come home.
But apparently "terrorism has no religion", so I guess it's all fine.... *shrugs*
Perhaps you're right and all I'm REALLY getting by spending time on Tumblr is a greater exposure to powerless idiots. But when REAL problems are dismissed by SJWs, I can't help but feel that they are doing real harm. That their disinformation is a real problem.
I feel I should note that for me the term SJWs applies essentially to left-wing trolls. (I get the impression that some here think I am using the term to refer to anyone opposing racism, sexism, etc. or promoting feminism, which would mean I was aiming some strong criticism against myself, y'know?)
But my argument wasn't actually that SJWs are powerful (outside of the internet), but simply that the backlash against them is deserved. I think I can still stand by that.