User blog comment:Element K/Element Komment - Why I Believe Jefferson Won/@comment-5264252-20160531183319/@comment-73.2.85.84-20160531190649

"SJW" is essentially a word used by conservatives/Republicans to belittle anybody who appreciates equality, or wishes to strive for it.

Criticizing slavery falls squarely into the definition of how most people use it.

Go to a Fox News article about the KKK and criticize the KKK, you'll be called an SJW.

Go to a Facebook article about a police officer getting filmed murdering a black guy and/or getting away with it, and try to complain... you'll get called an SJW.

Go to an article about whether transgender people should be able to use public restrooms in the south... you support LGBT rights? Best believe you'll be called an SJW.

So yeah, criticism of slavery fits well in the definition of the word "SJW". That's just the environment people have created for themselves on the internet.