# Stupid Social Justice Warrior Bullshit O' the Day.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 17, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443 "2017-03-17T22:14:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443/1001 "2017-05-25T01:35:35Z")

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> [@Rick\_Sanchez](#):
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> There’s been so much stupid Social Justice Warrior bullshit this past week that it all kinda got stuck in a bottleneck and I couldn’t figure out what to laugh at/despair over first. Thankfully, the answer arrived in the form of this _especially_ weird, spiteful, and petty minded example.
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> [Horrid White Women Culturally Appropriate Burritos - Righteous SJWs Force Them Out of Business](http://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/05/22/19028161/this-week-in-appropriation-kooks-burritos-and-willamette-week)
> 
> To all the people in this thread pretending not to know what an SJW is (and yes, you _are_ pretending)…well, you’re not going to get a much clearer example than this.

Excellent example and textbook demonstration of what an SJW is, IMO.

Here’s another one from Australia about SJWs getting out of hand - [a highly-respected gay journalist has been forced to resign from his position on the New South Wales Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/23/news-corp-journalist-quits-gay-rights-lobbys-board-after-being-targeted-over-employer) because of bullying from _other LGBTQI_ people about things his employer does - and which the journalist had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443/1002 "2017-05-25T02:12:56Z")

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Hey, here’s another good one. [Turns out, the new Star Trek show is going to have non-white people in it!](http://evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=238406)

Fuckin’ SJWs, ruining everything, amirite?

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443/1003 "2017-05-25T02:15:50Z")

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> [@](#):
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> To all the people in this thread pretending not to know what an SJW is (and yes, you are pretending)

I know what all of you alt-rightists want it to mean. Not that I think that’s what it is. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with fighting for social justice.

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**Author:** ![Beren\_Erchamion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/90ced4/32.png) [@Beren\_Erchamion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beren_Erchamion)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443/1004 "2017-05-25T02:37:36Z")

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> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#):
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> I know what all of you alt-rightists want it to mean. Not that I think that’s what it is. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with fighting for social justice.

The kindest comment I ever received on one of my end-of-term student evaluations was “Total SJW.”

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443/1005 "2017-05-25T02:44:50Z")

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I thought the whole burrito thing was a load of shit, but hey, it is Portland.

She could probably come here, not say a word and make a fortune.

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**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443/1006 "2017-05-25T03:18:37Z")

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> [@Beren\_Erchamion](#):
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> The kindest comment I ever received on one of my end-of-term student evaluations was “Total SJW.”

Please tell that this wasn’t at a real, accredited college.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443/1007 "2017-05-25T03:28:09Z")

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> [@Chimera](#):
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> I thought the whole burrito thing was a load of shit, but hey, it is Portland.
> 
> She could probably come here, not say a word and make a fortune.

I’m wondering where Chinese places with Mexican cooks fits into the equation. Or Korean places doing sushi. Or any of a number of other combinations. Or Rick Bayless.

At any rate, it’s not something anyone around here gives a shit about, and just because there’s some jackass morons in Portland who think it’s a big deal–so fucking what?

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443/1008 "2017-05-25T03:53:25Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> I’m wondering where Chinese places with Mexican cooks fits into the equation. Or Korean places doing sushi. Or any of a number of other combinations. Or Rick Bayless.
> 
> At any rate, it’s not something anyone around here gives a shit about, and just because there’s some jackass morons in Portland who think it’s a big deal–so fucking what?

Yeah, the whole ‘cultural appropriation’ thing is a load of horseshit. Cultures grow by syncretism - picking things up from neighboring or co-existing cultures and immigrants. Just look a the entire Southwestern horse-culture of the native Americans. Hey, those were Spanish animals that got loose. Who the fuck thinks that was some kind of offensive cultural appropriation?

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**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443/1009 "2017-05-25T03:56:25Z")

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> [@Rick\_Sanchez](#):
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> There’s been so much stupid Social Justice Warrior bullshit this past week that it all kinda got stuck in a bottleneck and I couldn’t figure out what to laugh at/despair over first. Thankfully, the answer arrived in the form of this _especially_ weird, spiteful, and petty minded example.
> 
> [Horrid White Women Culturally Appropriate Burritos - Righteous SJWs Force Them Out of Business](http://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/05/22/19028161/this-week-in-appropriation-kooks-burritos-and-willamette-week)
> 
> Basically, a couple of white (_boo! hissss_) women decided to open up a small business selling burritos after being inspired while on a trip to Mexico. Harmless, right? Wrong, motherfuckers! It’s _actually_ an example of white supremacist capitalist heteropatriarchal appropriation, and one of the worst racial injustices ever perpetrated on American soil. Of course, noble Social Justice Warriors weren’t just going to take this flagrant bigotry lying down. The online hive swarmed, the business’s Yelp reviews fell off a cliff, and the business was forced to close.
> 
> I’m trying a slightly different tack with this one. Ordinarily, I’d find an article from a mainstream newspaper or a live YouTube video to use as an example. This time, however, I decided to use a source written by someone who clearly thinks that the online bullying campaign was justified. You may think ‘Horrid white women’ is just hyperbole on my part, but you’d be wrong. It’s a quote featured in the linked article. Here’s a few more:
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> _“This week in white nonsense, two white women—Kali Wilgus and Liz “LC” Connely—decided it would be cute to open a food truck after a fateful excursion to Mexico.”_
> 
> Needless to say, any journalist/blogger/racist/cunt who started an article with the words “This week in black nonsense” would never work in publishing again.
> 
> "_“…You can eat $5 lobster on the beach,” Connelly said, “which they give you with this bucket of tortillas.” The “they” she was referring to were probably the Mexican “abuelitas” these two women **preyed upon** in order to appropriate the secrets of their livelihood."_
> 
> Bolding mine.
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> _“Now don’t get me wrong: **cultural customs are meant to be shared**. However, that’s not what happens in this city.”_
> 
> Yeah. Shared on your terms and your terms only, which are subject to change without notice. And woe betide anyone who doesn’t “share” in any way which doesn’t accord with whatever the fuck _you_ think sharing looks like.
> 
> _"Following the WW’s article, one commenter said: “Now that you all boldly and pretty fucking unapologetically stole the basis of these women’s livelihoods, you can make their exact same product so other white ppl don’t have to be inconvenienced of dealing with a pesky brown middle woman getting in their way. Great job.”_
> 
> Yeah. Now that you’ve destroyed these two women’s passion project, the people of Portland will once again be free to travel three thousand miles to Tijuana to get their fucking burrito. You dozy fucking cunt. :rolleyes:
> 
> _“People of color are nothing more than an afterthought when the white perpetrators of this tradition continue to do this on a regular basis. While Portland is supposedly a progressive place, super liberal white people usually only have other super white liberal people to answer to—which means this cycle of cultural appropriation will never end until people of color call attention to it.”_
> 
> It IS a super liberal place! It’s quite possibly the least racist place on Earth. To find racism in Portland you need to go over it like a forensic scientist using a blacklight to find blood spatter which would otherwise be invisible to the naked eye. Then again, it _is_ home to fuckwit bloggers who think nothing about starting an article with the line “This week in white nonsense” so there are _some_ racists there.
> 
> To all the people in this thread pretending not to know what an SJW is (and yes, you _are_ pretending)…well, you’re not going to get a much clearer example than this.

Is that a satire site? Has the nation really jumped the shark?

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443/1010 "2017-05-25T04:01:01Z")

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> [@octopus](#):
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> Is that a satire site? Has the nation really jumped the shark?

It’s a big country. There’s always gonna be a certain percentage of idiots. Not a big deal.

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443/1011 "2017-05-25T04:38:13Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> It’s a big country. There’s always gonna be a certain percentage of idiots. Not a big deal.

It’s a big deal to the ladies who owned the business.

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443/1012 "2017-05-25T04:51:59Z")

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> [@Rick\_Sanchez](#):
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> It IS a super liberal place! It’s quite possibly the least racist place on Earth. To find racism in Portland you need to go over it like a forensic scientist using a blacklight to find blood spatter which would otherwise be invisible to the naked eye.

Clearly you [have no fucking clue](http://gizmodo.com/oregon-was-founded-as-a-racist-utopia-1539567040) about Portland. I do. I know exactly what it is like, having grown up there. If you perceive Portland as “super liberal”, you are so damn blind you make Helen Keller look like a fucking eagle.

Ignorant twit.

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**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443/1013 "2017-05-25T07:24:57Z")

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> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#):
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> I know what all of you alt-rightists want it to mean. Not that I think that’s what it is. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with fighting for social justice.

Theoretically there’s nothing wrong with fighting for men’s rights, but I think we can all agree that Men’s Rights Activist is not a positive term.

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**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443/1014 "2017-05-25T07:57:47Z")

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> [@](#):
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> “… **We were peeking into window of every kitchen, totally fascinated by how easy they made it look** ,” she said. So let’s recap the story thus far: These two white women went to Mexico, ate tacos, and then decided they would just take what the locals clearly didn’t want to give them. If that wasn’t bad enough, they decided to pack up all their stolen intellectual property and repackage it in one of the few places where such a business could plausibly work: Portland, Oregon. "

> [@](#):
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> “Because of Portland’s underlying racism, the people who rightly own these traditions and cultures that exist are already treated poorly. These appropriating businesses are erasing and exploiting their already marginalized identities for the purpose of profit and praise.”

If you’re trying to bring up nonsense, perhaps it would help your case if you didn’t selectively cut out the parts of the “nonsense” that try to explain the author’s viewpoint. Like the fact that these women blatantly admitted to not just cultural appropriation but actually _stealing intellectual property_. If they had done this with a recipe from a well-known restaurant rather than a taco shack in Tijuana, they’d have a lawsuit on their hands faster than you can say “Taco Tuesday”. Or just the explanation offered in the article of why cultural appropriation matters in general and in this case in particular. This is pretty fucking blatant quote-mining.

A [google doc](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JJuHMuAeuHxy-c4nyp6NLghhrCdZYO7I5kDGSt22Ie8/htmlview#gid=0) linked in the article has a very nice explanation of this kind of thing:

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> This is NOT about cooking at home or historical influences on cuisines; it’s about profit, ownership, and wealth in a white supremacist culture.
> 
> White people are nearly 50% more likely than people of color to own a business in the state of Oregon. Ownership builds wealth in ways that employment does not. The racial wealth and small business lending gaps in the US are pronounced, which allows white folks to open new businesses more easily. \*\*These white-owned businesses hamper the ability for POC to run successful businesses of their own (cooking their own cuisines) by either consuming market share with their attempt at authenticity or by modifying foods to market to white palates. Their success further perpetuates the problems stated above. \*\*It’s a cyclical pattern that will require intentional behavior change to break.

I encourage everyone to, y’know, actually read the article. It’s really easy to make these things sound stupid when you remove _the entire thrust of the argument_. If you have to reach this far to make your case, how fucking weak is your case? You remind me of [_this_ asshole](https://uncommondescent.com/biology/the-tree-of-life-is-being-politely-buried/). There’s some dumb people saying stupid things about cultural appropriation. A couple of white people literally _stealing_ recipes from people, then bringing it back to open their own “ethnic” restaurant is not that stupid or innocuous.

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**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443/1015 "2017-05-25T08:29:39Z")

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> [@Martini\_Enfield](#):
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> Here’s another one from Australia about SJWs getting out of hand - [a highly-respected gay journalist has been forced to resign from his position on the New South Wales Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/23/news-corp-journalist-quits-gay-rights-lobbys-board-after-being-targeted-over-employer) because of bullying from _other LGBTQI_ people about things his employer does - and which the journalist had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with.

…from your cite:

[QUOTE=A group of SJW’s speak out in defense of a social justice warrior:]

“There is a difference between having a debate on an issue, and personally attacking someone,” the statement said.

“The behaviour that has been shown this week towards particular individuals that have proudly volunteered for our organisation has been nothing short of appalling. It is damaging, and there should be consequences for those responsible.”  
[/QUOTE]

It seems like SJW’s are the hero of this story, wouldn’t you agree?

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**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443/1016 "2017-05-25T11:34:06Z")

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> [@Banquet\_Bear](#):
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> It seems like SJW’s are the hero of this story, wouldn’t you agree?

Not at all. If some SJWs weren’t attacking someone _for something their employer does_ there wouldn’t be a story in the first place.

I’ll acknowledge it’s a case of #NotAllSJWs but it still stands as an example of “Stupid Social Justice Warrior Bullshit Of The Day”, as per the thread title.

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**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443/1017 "2017-05-25T11:41:53Z")

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> [@Martini\_Enfield](#):
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> Not at all. If some SJWs weren’t attacking someone _for something their employer does_ there wouldn’t be a story in the first place.

…the SJW’s were defending an SJW in the story you cited, were they not? And what makes you think the people attacking the SJW’s were SJW’s?

> [@](#):
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> I’ll acknowledge it’s a case of #NotAllSJWs but it still stands as an example of “Stupid Social Justice Warrior Bullshit Of The Day”, as per the thread title.

SJW’s defending an SJW doesn’t sound like bullshit to me. The only reason I even bothered to read that article was because you posted it. Maybe if you stopped getting outraged by this bullshit, there would be less bullshit in your day. You could spend more time in your day job, investigating SJW bullshit in the media like you claimed you were going to do. How is your investigation going?

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**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443/1018 "2017-05-25T11:54:10Z")

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> [@Banquet\_Bear](#):
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> …the SJW’s were defending an SJW in the story you cited, were they not? And what makes you think the people attacking the SJW’s were SJW’s?

Because it seems they were fighting for a “Social Justice” in which someone who had the wrong employer (one that didn’t support Gay Rights) was being punished for being part of a large company that doesn’t support gay rights - basically being a “fellow traveller” even though that clearly wasn’t the situation at all.

> [@](#):
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> You could spend more time in your day job, investigating SJW bullshit in the media like you claimed you were going to do. How is your investigation going?

I don’t recall claiming I was going to investigate SJW bullshit in the media, either as part of my day job or otherwise.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443/1019 "2017-05-25T12:48:19Z")

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> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#):
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> It’s a big deal to the ladies who owned the business.

I’d like to hear their side of the story, too, but I can’t seem to find anything. I can’t find anything on Yelp about them that predates the cultural appropriation story. Every review is from 5/18 onward. It’s just a weird story. Judging by the comments in local Portland media and Yelp, I’d think this publicity would actually help them, since there seems to be a sizeable contingent of “fuck the SJWs” even in Portland. But I suppose dealing with SJWs who showed up (I assume) at the pop up took its toll.

Odd story all around.

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**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-social-justice-warrior-bullshit-o-the-day/782443/1020 "2017-05-25T13:00:03Z")

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> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#):
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> If you’re trying to bring up nonsense, perhaps it would help your case if you didn’t selectively cut out the parts of the “nonsense” that try to explain the author’s viewpoint. Like the fact that these women blatantly admitted to not just cultural appropriation but actually _stealing intellectual property_. If they had done this with a recipe from a well-known restaurant rather than a taco shack in Tijuana, they’d have a lawsuit on their hands faster than you can say “Taco Tuesday”. Or just the explanation offered in the article of why cultural appropriation matters in general and in this case in particular. This is pretty fucking blatant quote-mining.
> 
> A [google doc](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JJuHMuAeuHxy-c4nyp6NLghhrCdZYO7I5kDGSt22Ie8/htmlview#gid=0) linked in the article has a very nice explanation of this kind of thing:
> 
> I encourage everyone to, y’know, actually read the article. It’s really easy to make these things sound stupid when you remove _the entire thrust of the argument_. If you have to reach this far to make your case, how fucking weak is your case? You remind me of [_this_ asshole](https://uncommondescent.com/biology/the-tree-of-life-is-being-politely-buried/). There’s some dumb people saying stupid things about cultural appropriation. A couple of white people literally _stealing_ recipes from people, then bringing it back to open their own “ethnic” restaurant is not that stupid or innocuous.

That’s what I was wanting to come here to point out.

The writer of the article is an idiot, I will agree with that, and many of the critics of the taco truck were pretty stupid as well.

However, these women were not innocent cultural appropriators. They were thieves.

I used to be a chef, and if someone were to come into my restaurant, eat my food, and replicate my recipe for their own use, I would be honored, imitation is the highest for of flattery, after all. If they instead came snooping and peering in my windows to learn my recipes and techniques, that’s just theft, and that would piss me right the fuck off.

From a brief pursuing of the matter, I do not think it was the SJW’s that got the food truck shut down, but these women’s poor business skills. Even with their stolen recipes, they were not making money. I am sure they would like to blame it on unfair criticism, but not only is the criticism fair, as they were not “inspired” to open a food truck by their vacation, but instead actually behaved in an unethical fashion in order to steal the intellectual property from those who they thought would not be able to protect their rights, but they also really need to lay the blame on their lack of business skills. One thing I learned in the restaurant industry is just having a good recipe is not going to get you very far.

So, congrats, I suppose you can take comfort in the fact that you have identified an SJW, in that the author is a bit of an asshole, but all the other points you made in your post are contrary to reality.

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