Model Karlie Kross runs afoul of SJWs !

[Kirran]

I know; uncomfortable though that may be. Yet how many SJW's have literally been calling for the deaths of people like Milo Yiannopoulos? Quite a few, and all he does is speak his mind. How many have "pounded the pulpit", calling for an armed overthrow of the US government because their president didn't win? Sarah Silverman and Rosie O'Donnell certainly come to mind. How many college students have to live in stress and fear that the slightest fart is going to be misconstrued as a "microagression", and they'll have to speak with the school authorities and possibly be expelled or - as we've seen with many teachers - fired? (And relevant: that talk is being had in Kansas right now, upping "micro-aggressions" as grounds for expulsion and termination as early as Kindergarten. Catch 'em while they're young, right?)

The SJW warcry has growingly come to be "think like us, or we'll ruin your lives" through evidence of how they treat those they disagree with. Which is quite bigoted, given their purported mantra of tolerance. How dare a white guy dress up in a sarape for Halloween, but it's okay for them to harass, berate, and even assault him for his cultural affront that not even Mexicans seem to care about.

It seems somewhat a case of categorising an entire group by their most radical members. Also, remember SJW isn't really an endonym. The term itself is a smear. There's no SJW ideology, no SJW organisations, no SJW departments etc. It's exonymous.

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

Yes, well if they behave as a mob, they will be treated as a mob. And if SJW's don't "really exist", then why identify as one? What would a Social Justice Warrior be, exactly, if not one who is willing to "go to battle" for what they think is justice? Can there be such a thing as a moderate SJW, or are people like that merely mindful of other perspectives?

Yet so long as these self-professed "warriors" call for irritants deaths, rewrite history, ruin careers and lives, and harass others in their twisted view of tolerance, I will consider them terrorists just the same as the Westboro Baptist Church.

 

[Kirran]

Yes, well if they behave as a mob, they will be treated as a mob. And if SJW's don't "really exist", then why identify as one? What would a Social Justice Warrior be, exactly, if not one who is willing to "go to battle" for what they think is justice? Can there be such a thing as a moderate SJW, or are people like that merely mindful of other perspectives?

Yet so long as these self-professed "warriors" call for irritants deaths, rewrite history, ruin careers and lives, and harass others in their twisted view of tolerance, I will consider them terrorists just the same as the Westboro Baptist Church.

Well it's not self-professed. It's not a term people use for themselves, other than when they fairly satirically claim it after being called it by right-wing-types. Same as "snowflake".

Social justice warrior - Wikipedia

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

Two people in this thread - yourself included - literally self-identified as SJW without being called it by "right wing types." I live in a very liberal college town, and have heard the term claimed with zealous pride. It is not satire and irony. It is a social danger, a threat to free thought, and I would honestly think twice before claiming any part in their numbers.

 

[fantome profane]

And if SJW's don't "really exist", then why identify as one?

I was being sardonic. Perhaps that went over your head.

 

[Rival]

Yeah, I wouldn't have apologized. So are they going to start whining about kids dressing up as ninjas for Halloween next?

Universities crack down on offensive Halloween costumes at campus parties

"According to a “costume protocol” developed by the student union at the St. Catharines, Ont., university, traditional or religious headdresses, such as feathered bonnets and turbans, are off-limits. So, too, are thobes — ankle-length robes worn by Arab men; makeup depicting Japanese geishas; outfits containing the Confederate flag; and costumes that depict Caitlyn Jenner, the transgender celebrity."

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

I was being sardonic. Perhaps that went over your head.

Yes, I suppose it did. Namely because text does not convey sarcasm well, yet also as I've been saying to Kirran, the matter is not really a laughing one to me. I see too much harm daily from those who do not claim to be an SJW out of sarcasm or grim humor.

 

[Revoltingest]

Hey, know what? Mel Gibson isn't really a Scottish Highlander! He needs to apologize for Brave Heart!

Marlon Brando isn't really Sicilian! They need to apologize for the Godfather!!

Andrew Lincoln isn't really a Georgia Good 'ole Boy! They need to cancel the Walking Dead!!!

And this! John Wayne as Genghis Khan! They need to . . .

. . . well OK, someone really should apologize for that one.

But the others are valid sarcasm.

This is fun!
I'll nominate other people playing roles stolen from authentic actors.....

Linda Hunt (white gal) playing Billy Kwan (Asian man) in Year Of Living Dangerously.....

One of me favorite Oscar winning performances, btw.

But the greatest cultural appropriation criminal of our age is Meryl Streep.....

 

[Revoltingest]

Today's word of the day reminded me of SJWs......

procrustean
\proh-KRUHS-tee-uh n\
adjective
1. tending to produce conformity by violent or arbitrary means.
2. (initial capital letter) pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

I don't think she should have had to apologize. SJW's are practically terrorists in their own right; certainly bigots.

Criticism is terrorism now? Who's the real snowflake?

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

No, not criticism. Ruing peoples lives because they said something "offensive".

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

No, not criticism. Ruing peoples lives because they said something "offensive".

In what way has Karlie Kross's life been "ruined"?

 

[Father Heathen]

It seems somewhat a case of categorising an entire group by their most radical members. Also, remember SJW isn't really an endonym. The term itself is a smear. There's no SJW ideology, no SJW organisations, no SJW departments etc. It's exonymous.

"The difference between a SJW and an activist: An activist tries to get a ramp added to a building for easier wheelchair access. The SJW tries to get the stairs removed because they might offend people who can't use them."

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

In what way has Karlie Kross's life been "ruined"?

Who said this was all about her? Ask Paula Deen how she's doing after losing everything over something said thirty years ago. Or Milo Yiannopoulos, who can't go anywhere without the greeting of death threats and angry rioting mobs. Or the numerous teachers that have been forced to resign because of their refusal to bend to SJW demands?

SJW's do not criticize. They demonize and terrorize those who do, though, and enforce their "tolerance" with prejudices of their own.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Here's my take on what happened:

- a model did a mildly offensive photoshoot.
- some people said that they didn't like it.
- the model apologized of her own free will.
- life went on.

Those of you who are foaming at the mouth over this: exactly what part of all this do you have a problem with? Please be specific.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Who said this was all about her? Ask Paula Deen how she's doing after losing everything over something said thirty years ago.

Not just 30 years ago... but regardless: what happened was that she lost face publicly, had her TV shows cancelled, and probably wasn't as successful at selling her more recent cookbooks.

Do you think that she was entitled to her shows? Because if being entitled to have a TV show is a thing, I'll have to go talk to Fox about Firefly.

Or Milo Yiannopoulos, who can't go anywhere without the greeting of death threats and angry rioting mobs.

This seems like hyperbole, but regardless: Yiannopoulos has extreme views that get an extreme reaction. He isn't in the same league as someone who's unintentionally insensitive to another culture in a minor way.

Or the numerous teachers that have been forced to resign because of their refusal to bend to SJW demands?

You'll have to provide some specifics for this one.

SJW's do not criticize. They demonize and terrorize those who do, though, and enforce their "tolerance" with prejudices of their own.

It's amusingly hypocritical that you'd demonize a group in the same breath that you complain about them demonizing others.

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

Those of you who are foaming at the mouth over this: exactly what part of all this do you have a problem with? Please be specific.

The fact that a beautiful photoshoot was reduced by frothing SJW's as "yellow-face" (racist in and of itself), and after verbal rioting on Twitter she was strong-armed - yet again - into apologizing for her job. The notion that people cannot wear or emulate cultural costumes - and let's be honest, it's that white people can't do these things. How many SJW's do you see up in arms when people dress up like vikings for Halloween?

The world is built on cultural blending. It's at the very basis of a Melting Pot ideology. Calling out someone being overtly racist is one thing, but zealously clinging to cultural barriers - often that aren't the culture of the offended, or offensive to those cultures - is racist itself.

What am I "foaming at the mouth" over? The blatant hypocrisy and bigotry displayed by SJW "mob justice".

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

The fact that a beautiful photoshoot was reduced by frothing SJW's as "yellow-face" (racist in and of itself), and after verbal rioting on Twitter she was strong-armed - yet again - into apologizing for her job.

So you want people who disagree with you to be silent. That's what I thought.

 

[Rival]

So you want people who disagree with you to be silent. That's what I thought.

This is what the SJWs want. They routinely try to shut speakers down with mobs and mob violence; chanting slogans and generally making nuisances out of themselves. They've done it to Milo lots of times. They stand up halfway through his talks and try to shut him down because he is a conservative. There are many videos of this on YouTube.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

This is what the SJWs want.

Right now, I'm talking about what the anti-SJWs want.

This episode with the model was brought up as an example of SJW intolerance. The only way I can see it playing out any differently is if the people who didn't like the photo shoot stayed silent.

So is silence what you want?