I’ve decided to stop using the term Social Justice Warrior. Instead, I’ll use the term Social Justice Advocate. I believe it conveys the same meaning, but it’s less insulting and demeaning, both to the people whose actions I’m trying to describe and to real warriors. For example, YouTube personality and fellow Western Maryland resident Steve Shives …
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Facebook shuts down largest Black Lives Matter group
Facebook has closed the largest Black Lives Matter group because the group was run by a white man in Australia. Even though the group had over 700,000 followers, Facebook deemed it inauthentic. The group reportedly raised over $100,000 in support of racial-justice causes in the United States. The group’s founder has been identified as Ian Mackay, an employee of …
Joss Whedon compares immigration enforcement agents to the German SS
Joss Whedon, the man behind TV shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly and the director of the Marvel Comics movies Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron went on Twitter and made a derogatory comment about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. He compared them to President Donald Trump’s SS. ICE is trump’s SS. …
Show veterans respect by not calling everyone a Nazi
If it were up to the Wil Wheatons of the world to defeat Nazi Germany during World War Two, the entire world would be speaking German right now.
Wil Wheaton’s TableTop season four
I found this schedule on Reddit for the fourth season of “geek icon” Wil Wheaton’s TableTop. It’s interesting in that each episode has two release dates. Most episodes will premiere on the paid subscription streaming service Alpha. Then, two or three months later, they will publish the episodes on YouTube. The first two episodes of TableTop season …
2015 Hugo Awards nominees announced
The 2015 Hugo Award nominees were announced yesterday, and the list of nominees is reportedly rife with controversy. I wouldn’t know. I look at the list of finalists for Best Novel, do a quick mental check to see if I’ve read any of them, and then generally move on with my Internet browsing. The list of …