176 - The Worst

[captain_slinky]

You know who I really dislike the most on The Internet? It's not the Trolls, the Grammar Nazis, the Bros, the Mansplainers, the Feminazis or even the Murikans. The people I dislike the most are the Social Justice Shamers.

The way they work, and I'm sure you've seen them out there, is that it starts with something AWESOME. Someone in a position of power or respect makes a stirring, wonderful statement about equality, justice, humility and/or righting the wrongs of society. It's wonderful, it's glorious, and it seems like everyone agrees with the statement.

..Except for the Social Justice Shamer. "I just wish that this person had taken a few moments to comment on (INSERT OMITTED NICHE CRUSADE THAT IS IN NO WAY CONNECTED TO THE SUBJECT). Their ignorant omission of this highly important issue is a slap in the face to (NICHE CRUSADE) everywhere".

tl;dr - I'm seeing far too many people on Facebook who think Pope Francis is a jerk because he hasn't said enough about their pet crusade, and it's pissing me off :(

Comments

[aurora77]

Ugh. Thankfully I rarely run into those.

It's possible for lots of different problems to exist and to only talk about a few of them but still care about all of them. It's impossible to cover EVERY POSSIBLE PROBLEM.

[aurora77]

Btw, yesterday I had that in-person interview for That Company I Mentioned. I think it went rather well. I won't hear back for over a week, though. Fingers crossed!