Noma Galway
Archmage
Hey, guys, so I wasn't sure where I should put this but I was wondering who among the Scribes were on tumblr? Mine is here.
Honestly, it's most uncomfortable when you're a Straight White Male who nonetheless identifies with the sociocultural left wing and agrees with some of their causes. You can nod in agreement with 90% of the statements they make, but when you object to the remaining 10%, they yell "check your privilege" or call you an oppressor.Yeah, that's one thing I actually don't like much about it. Like, yeah, I'm all for representation and expressing pride in your minority status, but when it turns to hate speech...hate speech is hate speech. I do reblog a lot of social justice things...but only the ones that are really about tolerance...if that makes sense.
I agree with Noma that it depends in part on whom you follow, but I'll add that the subject matter of your own blog posts can also have an effect. Since my art has always featured an abundance of non-European characters, it was perhaps inevitable that the SJWs most fixated on racial issues would be drawn to it. Of course, it was also true that certain people I followed turned into SJWs the more time they spent on tumblr. In fact, the reason I joined tumblr in the first place was to keep in touch with a former friend I knew from DeviantArt, and I had a horrible falling out with her the day I called it quits with that community.The only thing I've seen from tumblr are the crazy posts. And quite frankly the site frightens me. That said, how common are the nutty posts? Seriously, I have to know if the site is that crazy.
"Social Justice Warrior". It doesn't name a singular, coherent ideology in the vein of, say, Trotskyism or Objectivism, but is rather a catch-all sarcastic putdown for various trolls and nutcases associated with certain "liberal" social and cultural movements. It's a bit like how "wingnut" is used for any trolls and nutcases who are further to the right side of the spectrum.Can someone explain to me what an SJW is? I keep seeing the acronym but have no idea what it means.