A lot of the stuff that Enlightened Centrists call āsocial justice gone too farā is actually just a lack of intersectionality.
Examples:
āMen are trashā and ākill all menā = radfem dogwhistles that are steeped in transandrophobia and a lack of understanding for the experiences of men of color, trans men, disabled men, and people with genders that donāt neatly sort into āmanā or āwomanā (esp. multigendered and genderfluid people)
āHaha West Virginia should die because they voted for Trump!ā = classism, lack of understanding about the struggles of people of color and working class people (many of whom are also POC) in Appalachia
āReligion is inherently evilā = offensive to ethnoreligions, marginalized religions, and religions or churches popular among POC.
āIf you donāt reblog/donate/pay attention to the news 24/7, then youāre a bad personā = ableist, offensive to people with burnout or moral OCD or anyone who does not have the time or resources to be involved in activism 24/7
ā[X people] are *always* privileged in every single context whatsoeverā = frequently Americentric and ignorant of global realities (ex: Christian groups oppressed in some Muslim-majority countries); often eradicates solidarity and ignores lived experiences (i.e. the ātme/tmaā dichotomy, ātrans men have male privilegeā, etc.)
āWomen should never wear makeup/shave their legs/etc.ā = radfemmy, ableist to people with sensory issues, transphobic to people who experience gender euphoria from these activities, ignores the ways in which women of color are frequently stripped of their femininity in white supremacist worldviews and thus traditionally feminine activities are often important to them
Pro-Palestine activists who blur the line into antisemitism = clear-cut case of lack of intersectionality and nuance, NOT evidence that opposing the modern nation-state of Israelās genocide of the Palestinians is inherently antisemitic.
āIf you donāt use the exact right words then youāre a bigot even if you didnāt know any betterā = ableist, Americentric, ignorant of people who may not have access to these words or concepts
āAmerica is bad so China/Iran/the Soviet Union etc. must be good.ā = infantilizes non-Americans by treating them as inherently better or incapable of oppression and bigotry, ignores serious realities like the genocide of the Uyghurs or the Holodomor
āVoting for Democrats is morally inexusable because they support Israelā = ignorant of how Republicans make life actively worse for many American marginalized groups in ways that even the Democrats do not do.
