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A comment on Ellen Pao: The Trolls Are Winning the Battle for the Internet. Parent comment

Re:Ellen Pao: The Trolls Are Winning the Battle for the Inte... by jon-wood on Thursday July 16, 2015 @01:55PM (#9898805)
If being a warrier of social justice is a slur then bring them on. Could the people who are against speaking out for women and other minorities have picked a more ridiculous phrase to try and make an insult?
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Re:Ellen Pao: The Trolls Are Winning the Battle for the Inte... by pekk on Thursday July 16, 2015 @04:43PM (#9899769)
Overuse and broad use have made the term useless anyway.

Aside from that, I do have an objection to the term: real advocates for social justice are doing something constructive. Literal warriors make war, which is destructive. That may have grim uses, but it isn't preferable to make our civil society as hostile as a war zone. Why do we need to appropriate the trappings of literal warriors, and why can't we embrace constructiveness instead of associating advocacy with destruction?

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