What is a Social Justice Warrior?

[Farseer Lolotea]

Seeing just how indiscriminately that epithet seems to be flung? (I've seen it applied to everyone from marginalized people calling blatant bigotry by its right name, to vegans claiming to be oppressed for being vegan, to obvious trolls--mostly on Tumblr--trying to make a punchline out of the first category. And trust me; I wish that last one weren't true.) It's a concept that exists for the express purpose of labeling one's opponent as a thin-skinned keyboard activist (and therefore irrelevant), thus absolving oneself of accountability for one's misdeeds.

 

[NemotheElvenPanda]

A Social Justice Warrior is someone who uses the internet as a soap box for their beliefs, thinking that liking posts on Facebook, blogging, and sharing on Tumblr is equal to actual activism.

 

[Vegosiux]

We need fewer social justice Warriors and more Social Justice Diplomats.

I think I'm going to say you are now entitled to one (1) cookie, because that's pretty much the gist of it, I've always felt that social activism, actual social activism, shouldn't be exclusionary and based on "othering" people. And you know what...most people I know in reality that are invested in these issues are "diplomats". It's only on the internet where I run into so many "warriors".