Social justice warrior

I see a lot of people here claiming that SJW's are fundamentally irrational or extremist, but I don't think that's true. I may disagree with them, but that doesn't mean their logic isn't internally self-consistent. I think it's always better to try and understand someone you disagree with, instead of just dismissing them. SJWism (for lack of a better term) is what you get when you apply class analysis to things other than economic classes, like race and gender. For those who aren't familiar with class analysis, here's an extremely brief overview. Class analysis, which is a part of historical materialism, views history as a series of conflicts between classes. There's always a ruling class and a ruled class, and the ruling class always attempts to suppress the ruled class so that they can keep ruling. In this framework, the actions of any given individual are so minor that they're effectively irrelevant, and only the aggregate actions of classes matter. Class analysis is just a tool, but there's also a system of morality that almost always goes along with it. If we agree that oppression is bad, and that class divisions lead to oppression, then clearly the moral course of action is to abolish class. Therefore, any action that works towards that goal is good, and any action that impedes that goal is bad. Since the ruling class wants to preserve the status quo so they can keep ruling, it's equivalent to say that siding with the ruling class is bad, and siding with the oppressed class is good. This view of the world has some interesting consequences. First of all, since the goal of the ruling class is to preserve the status quo, failing to actively fight them is equivalent to siding with them, and is therefore wrong. Second, the morality of an action is entirely dependent on who the action is done to. If a member of the oppressed class does something that harms a member of the ruling class, it's still a moral action if it works towards the goal of abolishing class. Conversely, helping a member of the ruling class is an immoral action if it works to preserve class. Third, simply disagreeing with the ideology is in and of itself an immoral act, because it works to preserve the class system. That means that if a member of the oppressed class accuses you of oppressing them, and you disagree, you've proven yourself to be an oppressor by the mere act of disagreement. You can probably see how the items on your list naturally result from this framework. There's one more important aspect of SJWism to talk about, though. If you're an adherent of this ideology and you want to be seen as a good person (which most people do), the one thing you absolutely want to avoid if at all possible is being a member of the oppressing class. Since the only alternative is being a member of the oppressed class, your goal is now to prove to everyone how oppressed you are. For example, if you're a middle class straight white girl, you're dangerously low on oppression points. But if you instead call yourself a pangender femme demisexual, you get to claim membership in a whole bunch of oppressed groups. This also explains why SJW's tend to react so viciously to anyone who questions their oppression. By undermining their claim of belonging to the oppressed class, you're undermining their entire social standing.