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Re:Uber's head of communications is leaving the company by tomlock on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @07:50PM (#14093541)
>and creating a culture where name-calling with labels

Interesting.

Re:Uber's head of communications is leaving the company by kgu on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @08:00PM (#14093604)
I don't mean to be sensitive; is the suggestion that I did this somewhere, and am thus missing the irony?
Re:Uber's head of communications is leaving the company by tomlock on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @08:13PM (#14093676)
Yeah, you blanket bombed those reacting negatively to uber with name-calling in your now flagged post.
Re:Uber's head of communications is leaving the company by dpark on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @08:12PM (#14093673)
Do you really not think that "sjw" is a pejorative label?
Re:Uber's head of communications is leaving the company by kgu on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @08:15PM (#14093690)
I think it's needlessly mocking, but it is not a label: it has an actual definition, and I'd consider anyone who used the word outside that definition to be using it incorrectly. It refers to a specific set of behaviors. Bigot and racist used to not be labels, until people started applying the terms to everything.
Re:Uber's head of communications is leaving the company by dpark on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @08:20PM (#14093718)
You're trying to be pedantic and failing. "labels like bigot, racist, etc." have actual definitions, too. Your use of the term "sjw" is just hypocritical. It has no more of a clear definition than "racist". It just happens to suit your narrative.
Re:Uber's head of communications is leaving the company by kgu on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @10:37PM (#14094287)
Well, fair enough, you're right that SJW can be used as a label too.

My original flagged comment was actually "The invigorating fervor of social justice"; I didn't use the term "SJW." It was a sassy thing I wrote because I thought it was funny how the obvious comment that took no courage to write was shooting to the top as usual. I was making fun of people with who post passionate, rallying cries in the spirit of "we must stand our ground," knowing full well they're on a message board that will congratulate them for it, and, while they're at it, being rather boring.

As for my SJW comment, I was explaining to tomlock why people use "social justice" negatively. I should've added "e.g." before "social justice warrior."

Re:Uber's head of communications is leaving the company by tomlock on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @10:55PM (#14094361)
>knowing full well they're on a message board that will congratulate them for it, and, while they're at it, being rather boring.

Maybe they're posting these comments because they reflect how they feel?

Re:Uber's head of communications is leaving the company by tomlock on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @08:18PM (#14093706)
You're arguing that "sjw" isn't a label????

Things with definitions aren't labels???