Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24994749-20160529025327/@comment-410526-20160529040852

Why are we even talking about SJWs? SJWs shouldn't be part of the equation. If the WF plotline is going to be taken seriously at all, we shouldn't even be talking about them. They're utterly inconsequential to the issue of civil rights / discrimination, which is what the Faunus plotline should be about, not teenage keyboard warriors in the 21st century.

What the WF plotline should be (and what everyone assumed it was until now):
 * The Faunus faced real discrimination, by which I mean they were persecuted, kept as slaves to mine Dust, shipped off to camps in Menagerie, etc.
 * They fought back in the Faunus War, won, and were promised equality by the humans.
 * After the Faunus War, the situation was better, but they were still discriminated against, shops didn't serve them, they were paid less, etc. The humans have literally not held up their side of the terms of the peace treaty signed at the end of the Faunus War – this means that fighting back is justified.
 * The WF rightfully fights against the injustice.
 * Adam or whoever takes over the WF and goes way too far, starts becoming violent and killing indiscriminately, causing the Grimm to gather strength and giving Salem more power.

Why this is better:
 * It instils the idea that even if your cause is just, the means do not always justify the ends and it is possible to go too far, even in pursuit of a noble goal. This is a more complex and relevant message than "SJWs are dumb lol".
 * It makes the WF tragic villains who started off with a just cause, but went too far in pursuit of it... rather than stupid moron cartoon villains.
 * It avoids the very unfortunate implication that discrimination doesn't exist (which, even if that's not what they wanted to say, is exactly what they'd be saying if they made it out that the Faunus weren't actually persecuted).