In conversations before abt what makes an 'SJW', I've disagreed with people who say its a set of extreme beliefs.
Difficult on Twitter because of the sophisticated nature of the subtle shifting of one meaning to something else. I'll have a think.
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Had a lot of these with PoMos recently where they look like they're criticising my essay but in fact, they're changing angles.
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I'm saying that certain ideas which exist now can be traced back to certain ideas in academia as exemplified by certain theorists.
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They will take the theorists I'm talking abt & show them saying something else & claim this disproves that PoMo underlies the problems now.
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Bit like 'Islam is not responsible for death penalties for apostates from Islam coz Quran says there can be no compulsion in religion.'
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But 'Derrida's ideas abt interpretation of language being more important than intended meaning can't underlie microaggressions because...
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'...Derrida said in a later interview that he hated identity politics.' But not stated so clearly & still seeming to address my arguments.
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But anyway, changing the point almost unnoticeably but so they're arguing against something that isn;t being claimed.
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Yes and if they're pomo they'll also throw in a bunch of dumb words you don't know to try to delegitimize you, all while ignoring main point
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