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'The Room Had Started To Smell. Really Quite Bad': Stephen Fry Exits Twitter (betanews.com)
Mark Wilson writes: For a man so readily associated with words — and certainly for a wordsmith so enamored with technology — Twitter seems like something of a natural home for Stephen Fry. Over the years he has amassed hundreds of thousands of followers, but last night he closed his account. Fry's latest exit from Twitter (there have been several over the last few years for numerous reasons) came about because of the backlash he received for making a joke at an award ceremony. Hosting the BATFAs (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) on Sunday, he referred to costume designer and award winner (and, indeed, friend) Jenny Beavan as being 'dressed as a bag lady'. 'Offended' Twitter users attacked Fry in their droves, and he fought a valiant battle, before eventually giving up and terminating his account. It comes just days after Twitter set up a new Trust & Safety Council.
People who take offense (assume a posture of being offended) aggressively, as a means to exert control over others.
Gamergater's offence over Sarkeesian fits the bill prefectly, as was the attempt to shut her up by relentless nastyness.
Usually the offense is taken on behalf of some set of people who organize with leftists based on some real or imagined grievance.
Ususally? But not always. So, Gaters fit the bill.
Since controlling others is the goal, any discussion that isn't some sort of agreement to being controlled is considered Irrelevant at best.
Still fits: we've seen how much attention is paid to actual facts.
And at worst, discussion is considered an existential threat or sometimes even a direct injury, depending on whatever maximizes the ability to exert control over others.
Some of the most aggressive responses I've got on slashdot have been when I've pointed out demonstrable facts about gamergate that go against the party line.
Most people understand the term SJW fairly well when it is used in context.
No, not really.
What you've described fits gamergaters pretty much as well as it fits anyone else. Like I said, SJW's now get accused of more or less everything ot the point where it has become a catch all for "shit I hate on the internet".
Of course I actually know *precisely* what it means. It means:
"People who are not from my tribe so I hate them without further thought"
That has so far been the only consisteny way in which it's been used.
SJW is easier to spell.
Indeed but it marks you out as someone who cares more for tribalism than reason.
SJW n. One who posts facts.