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It's a newer form of calling people "SJW's" or "White Knights", thereby reducing their opposition to caricatures and removing any realistic and reasonable discussion.


> thereby reducing their opposition to caricatures and removing any realistic and reasonable discussion.

Isn't that exactly what you're doing with this comment by comparing the term to "SJW" and "White Knight"?

Pot, meet kettle.


I wouldn't say so, I think there are legitimate criticism of people who talk without action. However, the terms "SJW"/"White Knight"/"virtue signaling" have become overburdened in their use and definition to the point where they only serve to polarize.


No. One is a logical argument, the others are ad hominem attacks. You're conflating two entirely different modes of argument and claiming they're the same.

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