Todays “Sofa Warriors” Social Justice Bullies: The Authoritarianism of Millennial Social Justice
One of the articles trending this week takes on a highly uncomfortable topic and has been the switch for lots of debate. But I think this was an important attempt to open this topic up. I mentioned my concerned that these same people, while in college were also the ones who lacked an ability to show empathy beyond the “focus” of the cause and for some lacked an engagement philosophy. They want to ” call out” the issue – but let others do the work, while they sit from the “good seats” and use media to vocalize.
“But millennials are grown up now — and they’re angry. As children, they were told that they could be anything, do anything, and that they were special. As adults, they have formed a unique brand of Identity Politics wherein the groups with which one identifies is paramount. With such a strong narrative that focuses on which group one belongs to, there has been an increasing balkanization of identities. In an attempt to be open-minded toward other groups and to address social justice issues through a lens of intersectionality, clear and distinct lines have been drawn between people. One’s words and actions are inextricable from one’s identities. For example: this is not an article, but an article written by a straight, white, middle-class (etc.) male (and for this reason will be discounted by many on account of how my privilege blinds me — more on this later).”
Well worth the read, for the full story : https://medium.com/@aristoNYC/social-justice-bullies-the-authoritarianism-of-millennial-social-justice-6bdb5ad3c9d3
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