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Rothe@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I remember there being some twitter trend around it, kind of like the “me too” movement too

No you fucking don’t, that is exactly what I am talking about. You are remembering the right wing press explaining this term to you and accepting their explaination.

Also, why would they invent such a word and not some more derogatory one?

You are talking about fascists who spun “social justice warrior” as a negative term. Who the fuck is against social justice? Social justice is a good thing. Fascists, that’s who.

saying they invented it is more akin to propaganda and revisionist history to me because it takes something away from the word

Who the fuck cares if somebody takes something from the word. Stop using it. It is not important. It means nothing, it is a Grundbegriff to use the language of Koselleck. It means everything and nothing, it is a term which has been used for so many things that anybody can claim anything about its meaning. It is literally meaningless.. Use your own language, stand up to the fascists and find your own words for things, instead of mindlessly accepting their nonsense.

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