Really? I thought it was a self-identified term trying to smuggle in positive connotations, at least among the ingroup. I mean, justice is good, right, and who doesn’t want to be a warrior… I don’t really know any of those people so I defer, but I tend to prefer the overlapping (but not identical) term “Bigoteer” to strip “SJW”’s -positive- connotation, though the fact I have never wanted to keep a positive connotation exposes my bias.
I’m not sure about its origins, but in the MSM I’ve only seen the term described as something members of the “alt-right” use to describe the group in question (obviously in a pejorative way), so generally when I use the term I enclose it in scare quotes (as I evidently do with “alt-right” for some reason), as I do not want to improperly signal that I hold certain beliefs.
Hmm, I’d previously thought it was always a pejorative term; now (after checking out Wikipedia) I have the impression that it was originally a positive self-identification, now primarily pejorative in modern usage. So I don’t really know what to think about it it anymore.
Really? I thought it was a self-identified term trying to smuggle in positive connotations, at least among the ingroup. I mean, justice is good, right, and who doesn’t want to be a warrior… I don’t really know any of those people so I defer, but I tend to prefer the overlapping (but not identical) term “Bigoteer” to strip “SJW”’s -positive- connotation, though the fact I have never wanted to keep a positive connotation exposes my bias.
I’m not sure about its origins, but in the MSM I’ve only seen the term described as something members of the “alt-right” use to describe the group in question (obviously in a pejorative way), so generally when I use the term I enclose it in scare quotes (as I evidently do with “alt-right” for some reason), as I do not want to improperly signal that I hold certain beliefs.
Hmm, I’d previously thought it was always a pejorative term; now (after checking out Wikipedia) I have the impression that it was originally a positive self-identification, now primarily pejorative in modern usage. So I don’t really know what to think about it it anymore.
They’ve done a really good job of making it a pejorative. Anything’s a slur if you hate them enough.