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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-11-24 03:23 pm

[ SECRET POST #2153 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2153 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2012-11-25 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
It's a term that is arbitrarily applied to anyone that the person using the word thinks is too angry/aggressive/unapologetic about things like racism/sexism/transphobia/homophobia. It is sometimes applied justifiably (see, for example, people like riley on tumblr - people that spend most of their time being angry and hateful and looking for the slightest excuse to rage at and tear down people for the tiniest mistakes to make themselves feel morally superior).

It is also fairly often applied to people that speak up about issues of social justice and object to sexist/racist/transphobic/homophobic trends in media and society, however they are expressed. This is because most people get uncomfortable when someone points out problems in the media they consume or the society they live in, or in their behaviour. So they respond in a dismissive or derisive manner to any criticisms, and try to make the person who brings up the criticisms feel stupid or silly for caring about those issues. When that person gets angry because they refuse to listen or care, the person who is dismissing them gets to say they're being a silly, hysterical and overreacting SJW.

TL;DR it's a term that is occassionally applied to people that deserve the label, but more often used to shut down discussion of things tha make people uncomfortable.
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[personal profile] shobogan 2012-11-26 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you.