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    The Social Justice Warrior Handbook

    The Social Justice Warrior Handbook is a parody. It makes fun of SJWs left and right. Highlights of interview with author:

    Pasquale: Sure, well, to me, social justice came out of the fact that they're standing up for gays, transgender, women, people of different races, and now it's devolved into just being outraged at little things because, for the most part, we do have equality in the United States. Where there are really problems, they're outside of the United States, but they want to confine it to the U.S. Part of that is because of the outrage culture. We've created media, jobs, and just becoming famous from being able to identify something that you're outraged about. When you monetize that ... I think it was Gavin McInnes that said it, 'When you monetize it, you can find it under a rock.' That's what we're seeing now, I think, from both the left and the right.

    Everybody knows that the left's examples, when it comes to this ad has been on Breitbart or that, but on the right, one of the things that disappoints me is seeing so many of my fellow conservatives or libertarians that buy into that. They go to events, where there'll be a protest and maybe someone clocks them, and they use a video of that to elevate themselves beyond actually contributing something to ideas or to a political philosophy. It's disappointing to see, because people that I've always looked up to, people like Ann Coulter, I don't think she's ever done that. I mean, you don't see her retweeting the haters. That's something, I think, a lot of people on the right now fall back on.

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    Gillespie: In a way, they're [CPAC] like social justice warriors, where it's more about being seen, being outraged, and making the right talk....

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    Pasquale: ...It really bothers me, because it is going back into that victimhood mindset, and if you truly want to empower women, the last thing you should do is tell them that, no matter what you do, you're always going to be a victim of the patriarchy or the victim of Hollywood not giving you enough money or not being as pretty as a model, and that sort of thing.

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    Pasquale: ...I'm annoyed by all the stunt-driven politics, and the social justice warriors certainly represent that, and conservatives are getting involved in that way, when I'd rather see conservatives get involved on free speech issues and not get into the boycotts and to the fire this person for saying that, but that seems to be what they're learning from the social justice warriors. Part of it is because the social justice warriors have been so successful in using those tools.

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    Pasquale: ...For me, I think ultimately he's good for politics and this is something as I've written before that I think particularly for libertarians, I think he's good because he's totally busted up the two party system. I mean, he used the Republican Party as a vehicle, but certainly isn't aligned with them on lots of things....

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    So, conservatives are imitating liberals...that is considered flattery.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lisa De Pasquale
    I think particularly for libertarians, I think [Donald Trump is] good because he's totally busted up the two party system.
    I think that he has, indeed.

    But whether that is "good" or not is a matter of opinion...

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    Quote Originally Posted by pjohns View Post
    I think that he has, indeed.

    But whether that is "good" or not is a matter of opinion...
    Indeed, remains to be seen. Read recently that the Libertarian Party is losing membership right now.
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