We’re making tremendous progress from generation to generation in regards to achieving greater equality for all people. Glass ceilings are shattering in many areas, including politics where a woman has gained a major party’s nomination for the U.S. presidency for the first time in history. We have come a long way as a country since our foundation, which was largely rooted in slavery of Blacks and genocide of Native Americans. Although we have come a long way, there is still much to be done in terms of breaking down institutional barriers left over from the history of oppression and racism, not to mention all the other injustice that still plagues our world.

However, out of this positive movement has come a faction of people who, although their intentions are good, seriously hinder progressive advances, and besmirch social progressives all across the nation. These people are known as “social justice warriors” (SJWs).

Now before any SJWs rip off my head, let me preface this by reminding them that I am a progressive Democrat. I voted for Bernie Sanders in the primary, and I believe our country is better off when we embrace the diversity of our nation’s populace. I agree with SJWs on pretty much every issue, but their actions only push us back instead of launch us forward.

I consider myself to be a feminist, meaning that I believe men and women should be treated equally. That is all a feminist is, a person who believes in the equality between men and women. Feminists recognize our patriarchal history and how it has kept women from achieving the same level of privilege. A proactive response to this is to change our attitudes toward women, and to do our best to make sure women have the same opportunities as men in areas of career advancement, education and other areas of life.

Unfortunately, SJWs often respond to this patriarchy and other kinds of injustice in an extremely reactive manner by shouting and calling down curses on all white men for the systematic oppression of women and minorities. That's not to say that white males haven't done some terrible things in the past, but shouting at us today is not going to solve anything. SJWs seem to be very good at screaming about injustice, but that’s about all they do.

I've never seen a group of social justice warriors actually bring about any change to their surroundings by screaming and being "triggered" by everything somebody else says.

Here is a video of SJWs interrupting a speaker at Rutgers University, and the ensuing insanity.

Granted, while I agree with these SJWs in mind, notice that their interrupting of the speaker did nothing but cause a ruckus and spark outrage within the crowd. No meaningful conversation can happen while these two groups are at each other's throats.

This type of ridiculous behavior has also led to a new wave of patriarchal apologists calling out SJWs for their behavior. While these apologists do make a point that SJWs often behave like lunatics, they often lump the whole progressive movement in with SJWs, instead of lumping SJWs in as a faction of the progressive movement.

The point is that people are looking at social justice warriors and calling BS on very real problems such as institutional racism and white privilege, instead of the real problem: the SJW's behavior. These apologists’ line of thought seems to be: since SJWs behave like lunatics, the things they “fight for” must be bogus, which is not the case.

This isn’t the first time a progressive has called out SJWs for their behavior. Here’s a satirical video made by progressive YouTuber Darkmatter2525 on if God became a social justice warrior (language warning), take the time to view it.

So, I’m addressing SJWs. I hear you, and I agree with you on pretty much every issue, but you need to stop reacting like in the videos above; because, honestly, you make the entire progressive movement look like a band of lunatics. Your screaming and whining is going to do nothing but hurt our credibility and set us back, but this doesn’t mean your outrage is invalidated.

I’m all for calling out injustice, but this reactive behavior has got to stop. Discriminating against "privileged" individuals is not going to work either, because it's just reverse discrimination. Instead, let us unite together and find proactive ways to deal with the many injustices in our world. A proactive approach will not only build our credibility and trust with those who disagree, but it is the best way to lead to any real, lasting change.