There's quite a difference between acknowledging facts and going out of your way to hurt someone's feelings.
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Replying to @datnofact @ContraPoints
This is why SJW language is so dangerous. You can use it to justify a lot of things. It's a major contention of mine tbh.
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Replying to @datnofact
Well I don't think it's dangerous if you use it correctly
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If the definition is precise, yeah. Not so easy with things like oppression and tone policing and such.
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Replying to @datnofact @ContraPoints
Privilege, too. Easy to flip the script on someone.The "one rule for me, another for thee" attitude can go both ways easily.
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I think that's why I find egalitarianism so appealing. It doesn't deny inequalities, but it doesn't demand tipping the scales.
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Replying to @datnofact
I find that people who call themselves that tend to use it to shut down "identity politics" without proposing alternatives
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Which I find annoying, because I'm always happy to expand on why I am an egalitarian. I don't use it as an easy "gotchya".
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I think it's similar to the way some feminists will throw around terms without really backing them up.
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The best thing on any side, I think, is to get people to actually explain their reasoning. "I'm an x" is not an argument.
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I agree the terminological dispute is not very productive
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