An activist who is motivated more by a love of conflict than by a desire to accomplish the (typically liberal) purported political goal. Whereas regular activists prefer to win without a fight, a social justice warrior prefers to fight without a win.
"I have to spend an afternoon sorting through my old Twitter posts. If I don't, some self-righteous social justice warrior might go digging and try to whip up a mob to get me fired for using a currently-disapproved term sixteen years ago when I was in high school instead of just privately asking me to remove it."
by IowanStill September 3, 2023