Talk:Social justice/Archive1

Project
Mainly because of the pushback we have been receiving over this and other articles and other drama NO it will not be linked DO NOT ASK IF YOU DO NOT KNOW LET US FORGET IT ALL. We have decided to form RationalWiki:Project Social Justice. It's still making baby-steps, but I thought I'd mention it here in case anybody else is interested. The basic point is that we are trying to add science and other academic sources to the current SJ articles. Including this one. So, we are trying to make all SJ articles as clear, on-mission, and free from pseudoscience as we can. 09:52, 19 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Our purpose here at RationalWiki includes:
 * Analyzing and refuting pseudoscience and the anti-science movement;
 * Documenting the full range of crank ideas;
 * Explorations of authoritarianism and fundamentalism;
 * Analysis and criticism of how these subjects are handled in the media.


 * I missed the part that said 'except for anti-science crank authoritarian pseudo-religions that you approve of?' And this boys and girls (and otherkin pansexual demiqueers) is why the rationalists fled rationalwiki. 121.210.33.50 (talk) 10:14, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
 * This was written three years ago, the user who wrote it has long since left and RationalWiki:Project Social Justice is inactive. Some of our articles do promote pseudoscience though. Christopher (talk) 10:30, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

Come on now.
I don't know who she is, but by some cruel mischance this lovely young woman somehow got attached to a meme attributing ridiculous opinions to her. She is relevant. And besides that, she is, ... what did they used to call it? ... "pretty?" - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 05:33, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Isn't that a guy? I think I read somewhere, the person in that picture, is male. --Revolverman (talk) 06:45, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
 * That only makes the picture more pertinent and interesting, then; in the meme that's "she". - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 04:20, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Why do you have to keep getting your gender issues in my skepticism? This is supposed to be a safe place for males! Lager (talk) 07:41, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Shh now. The girl is pretty.  Let's just appreciate that & not attribute any opinions to her.  11:37, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Shes a human being and this is childish.--Laurelai (talk) 07:17, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
 * +1. Surprisingly, Know Your Meme has nothing on the actual origin of the photo - David Gerard (talk) 07:38, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
 * The "rasthulhu" image macro was funny, mainly because literally no one has ever looked good in dreads. |₹Λ¥$€₦₦ [[image:Red rose 02 -.jpg.svg|12px]] So you see, we have to kill animals, or else they'll die. 14:26, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I think you mean "literally no white person" has ever looked good in dreads. ±[[File:knightoftldrsig.png]]KnightOfTL;DR going galt: the literal crazy train 15:02, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Come on now, what about Jack Sparrow? 17:13, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Indian ascetics also (Sadhus)! 15:08, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * PS: Also sadhvis! 15:14, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Still not impressed. Afros/Jewfros for the win. |₹Λ¥$€₦₦ [[image:Red rose 02 -.jpg.svg|12px]] Never got enough hugs as a kid 15:20, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I respectfully disagree that dreads can't look good on a white guy. I've seen it done to semi-blonde hair and it looks pretty good. Nullahnung (talk) 15:23, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I respectfully disagree. I propose that dreads look horrible regardless of race. They make you look like a unwashed hobo. |₹Λ¥$€₦₦ [[image:Red rose 02 -.jpg.svg|12px]] A single piece of bread is just an open-face universe sandwich 16:17, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * You do realize that like, you probably don't regard any traditional white people hairstyles still in wide use as "dirty and make you look like a hobo." And no, mullets don't count. ±[[File:knightoftldrsig.png]]KnightOfTL;DR free guybrush threepwood! no new taxes! down with porcelain! 16:25, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Imagine the equivalent sentence with skin colour, hair colour, nose shape, eye shape, etc., "look[ing] horrible regardless of race". ಠ_ಠ 16:42, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Every time someone mentions "race" I feel like reminding them that "race" is a bullshit concept that needs to be retired from common usage asap. Ethnicity is better, but also unwieldy. Nullahnung (talk) 16:49, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * As a white-passing individual I agree with this message. 16:57, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * @KOTLDR: Yes, there are many traditionally 'white' I hold to an even lower standard. Then again, I have a narrow taste in haircuts, so whatever. |₹Λ¥$€₦₦ [[image:Red rose 02 -.jpg.svg|12px]] RationalWiki, did you kill Rita? 17:28, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Eww, no. Afros are literally my most hated haircut. 141.134.75.236 (talk) 07:11, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Is it me or are memes like this just a lazy way of recycling the exact same criticisms that were made by conservatives against straw man beatniks and hippies decades ago? --Drowninginlimbo (talk) 17:47, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Seems a lot like Liberal Logic 101 & its ilk. 18:40, 25 June 2014 (UTC)