Fight the power kittens.
I pray MRA puppies is a joke. Itâs a joke, right?
There are a lot of people who wonât get the humor.
For some, the jokeâs on them.
Well, considering these are a joke, I expect those to be too.
I canât even tell any more if âsocial justice warriorâ is a genuine pejorative.
Oh yes, it is pejorative, right up there with âlibtard.â
As for these cards, I guess the point is that those who care about the less fortunate, or point out that they themselves are being treated wrong, are just a bunch of little pussies? If so, Iâm not buying it (nor them).
I think itâs a very subjective pejorative - one of my sweeties would fit the description quite well and is happy to use the SJW label for themselves. (Theyâve even considered dressing up in a suitably decorated costume for some event or another.) They would take it as a compliment, not an insult.
The cards seem much the same way - the partner of which I speak would love them, actually. I think theyâre pretty adorable and love the messages, so ⌠yay? Additionally: if thatâs the intent, personally Iâd just shrug. I donât consider âpussyâ to be an insult(*), and Iâm anything but little.
(* - Hell, I can even give them the lecture about gendered insults. Really, thatâs just asking for it, isnât it?)
This is ableist against the tone deaf.
Itâs been reappropriated by some, see e.g. Olly Mossâ lovely graphic.
As to the kittens: theyâre intended to mock people, not to affirm their views and/or hardships. Tejaratchi has a long history of criticizing âSJWsâ.
Thatâs a shame, because I really do like the images, but I can also see the attempt. (Admittedly, I still think it fails, simply because I donât see anything wrong with the messages on the cards - they seem a bit zealous, but not far enough for the usual trollies. Perhaps Iâm just not used to such subtle trollies?) Still, given the history of this person ⌠yeah, no sale, even if they were available.
A joke at the expense of MRAs, which would certainly be a bit less irritating than these, which seem to be a joke at the expense of liberal âSJWsââŚ
âYou are jeopardizing my well-being with your violent refusal to agreeâ was the one that made it pretty clear to me that these were caricatured jokes at the expense of those kooky libruls.
It seems to be more a gentle ribbing at people who can occasionally take themselves a little too seriously. SJWs who are easily offended will get offended, SJWs who share his sense of humour will find it funny, because they see a parody of themselves and laugh it off. I donât know his politics, but that seems to be where heâs coming from:
Now if youâll excuse me, Iâm going to my safe space:
I reposted the âany word can be a triggerâ one on Twitter (200k followers) not because I donât empathize with triggering, but because I think the very idea of anyone anywhere being triggered by the actual words âlabradoodleâ, âcrispâ, or âsacajaweaâ is abso-fucking-lutely hilarious.
(bonus for including both orthopaedic and orthopedic)
The words they chose are just so sublime and amazing. Itâs genius. I did get hassled about reposting that from some quarters, but screw those people. My love for words made me do it.
That one relies a lot more on the definition of SJW - I think itâs important to take social justice seriously without taking yourself too seriously and without making every personal interaction into a front in the social justice war. Looking back particularly to university life, some people from a variety of religious, social, political and other perspectives used their views as a way to take offense at everything and excuse the fact that they couldnât get on with others very well.
Depends entirely on the context.
Serious using it as an insult is kinda like calling someone a ârace traitorâ; it says more about the speaker than the subject.