“What does woke mean?”

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“Black Americans have used the word “woke” since at least the 20th century, meaning to be aware of racial and social injustice. Pan-African activist Marcus Garvey used a version of the term as early as 1923, and it was popularized by some Blues artists.”

“Majority of Americans are inclined to see the word “woke” as a positive attribute, not a negative one. Fifty-six percent of people surveyed said the term means “to be informed, educated on, and aware of social injustices." That includes three-fourths of Democrats and more than a third of Republicans.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/02/donald-trump-woke-meaning/70279963007/

“I don’t like the term ‘woke’ because I hear ‘woke woke woke.’ It’s just a term they use, half the people can’t even define it, they don’t know what it is” - D Trump

Trump finally got something right, but I’d say it was close to ninety percent “can’t even define it, they don’t know what it is”

Kinda like “deep state,” another amorphous cliche that can be applied and pedaled just about anywhere and the lemmings will swallow it as real
 
archives said:
“Black Americans have used the word “woke” since at least the 20th century, meaning to be aware of racial and social injustice. Pan-African activist Marcus Garvey used a version of the term as early as 1923, and it was popularized by some Blues artists.”

“Majority of Americans are inclined to see the word “woke” as a positive attribute, not a negative one. Fifty-six percent of people surveyed said the term means “to be informed, educated on, and aware of social injustices." That includes three-fourths of Democrats and more than a third of Republicans.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/02/donald-trump-woke-meaning/70279963007/

“I don’t like the term ‘woke’ because I hear ‘woke woke woke.’ It’s just a term they use, half the people can’t even define it, they don’t know what it is” - D Trump

Trump finally got something right, but I’d say it was close to ninety percent “can’t even define it, they don’t know what it is”

Kinda like “deep state,” another amorphous cliche that can be applied and pedaled just about anywhere and the lemmings will swallow it as real
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How do you like being trolled, asshole?
 
archives said:
“Black Americans have used the word “woke” since at least the 20th century, meaning to be aware of racial and social injustice. Pan-African activist Marcus Garvey used a version of the term as early as 1923, and it was popularized by some Blues artists.”

“Majority of Americans are inclined to see the word “woke” as a positive attribute, not a negative one. Fifty-six percent of people surveyed said the term means “to be informed, educated on, and aware of social injustices." That includes three-fourths of Democrats and more than a third of Republicans.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/02/donald-trump-woke-meaning/70279963007/

“I don’t like the term ‘woke’ because I hear ‘woke woke woke.’ It’s just a term they use, half the people can’t even define it, they don’t know what it is” - D Trump

Trump finally got something right, but I’d say it was close to ninety percent “can’t even define it, they don’t know what it is”

Kinda like “deep state,” another amorphous cliche that can be applied and pedaled just about anywhere and the lemmings will swallow it as real
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LOL!!! LOL!!!!
 
It means you are aware of social injustice and willing to work on it.
 
BartenderElite said:
And conservatives have staked out a position against this.
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Largely because they don’t know what the word means, nor particularly care, they hear it pedaled by the demagogues and politicians and swallow it whole as something they don’t like regardless of its application or reality

Kinda like the term Obamacare, they’d hear Obamacare and their blood pressure rose, but explain and ask them what they though of the actual Affordable Care Act without saying Obama, and they’d agree or have no opinion
 
archives said:
Largely because they don’t know what the word means, nor particularly care, they hear it pedaled by the demagogues and politicians and swallow it whole as something they don’t like regardless of its application or reality

Kinda like the term Obamacare, they’d hear Obamacare and their blood pressure rose, but explain and ask them what they though of the actual Affordable Care Act without saying Obama, and they’d agree or have no opinion
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The Republican arguments are structured so no nothings can spout stuff in a bluster like they are informed


It empowers the no nothing Republican base to pound tables and scream at their neighbors and family members when those people try to inform them on the REAL FACTS
 
archives said:
“Black Americans have used the word “woke” since at least the 20th century, meaning to be aware of racial and social injustice. Pan-African activist Marcus Garvey used a version of the term as early as 1923, and it was popularized by some Blues artists.”

“Majority of Americans are inclined to see the word “woke” as a positive attribute, not a negative one. Fifty-six percent of people surveyed said the term means “to be informed, educated on, and aware of social injustices." That includes three-fourths of Democrats and more than a third of Republicans.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/02/donald-trump-woke-meaning/70279963007/

“I don’t like the term ‘woke’ because I hear ‘woke woke woke.’ It’s just a term they use, half the people can’t even define it, they don’t know what it is” - D Trump

Trump finally got something right, but I’d say it was close to ninety percent “can’t even define it, they don’t know what it is”

Kinda like “deep state,” another amorphous cliche that can be applied and pedaled just about anywhere and the lemmings will swallow it as real
Click to expand...

Poor anchovies, there are a dozen threads on this topic which is why there is a "search" function.
 
archives said:
“Black Americans have used the word “woke” since at least the 20th century, meaning to be aware of racial and social injustice. Pan-African activist Marcus Garvey used a version of the term as early as 1923, and it was popularized by some Blues artists.”

“Majority of Americans are inclined to see the word “woke” as a positive attribute, not a negative one. Fifty-six percent of people surveyed said the term means “to be informed, educated on, and aware of social injustices." That includes three-fourths of Democrats and more than a third of Republicans.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/02/donald-trump-woke-meaning/70279963007/

“I don’t like the term ‘woke’ because I hear ‘woke woke woke.’ It’s just a term they use, half the people can’t even define it, they don’t know what it is” - D Trump

Trump finally got something right, but I’d say it was close to ninety percent “can’t even define it, they don’t know what it is”

Kinda like “deep state,” another amorphous cliche that can be applied and pedaled just about anywhere and the lemmings will swallow it as real
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Woke means if you hear an animal oink, it may not be a pig and if you see someone with a vagina it may not be a woman. It means you can walk around screaming, "Fuck America" but you can't sing the national anthem. There's plenty more.
 
BartenderElite said:
And conservatives have staked out a position against this.
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For starters it's not just conservatives and a dictionary definition and how a word is used in the real world can be two very different things. On paper sure, it's pretty hard to be against 'woke' if it simply means being aware of injustice. Most people would say they are woke if that's all it was. Where the resistance and push back comes from are actions and policies done in the name of wokeness that people don't agree with. Simply labeling something as 'woke' doesn't give it a pass or mean it should be free of scrutiny.

I'll offer a couple of examples but there are many many more. Take Affirmative Action. Supporting AA would be woke right? Yet in California, a heavily Democratic state where whites are not a majority, in 2020 we voted again against AA. Does that make much of the state non-woke? Take SAT, LSAT and other standardized tests that some think are racist or not woke. Can one be woke and still support those tests? Take reparations. Clearly not all liberals supports reparations. Can you call yourself woke and not support them (or think there should be any cap on the dollar amount given)? Take crime. I'll speak to San Francisco but it's not unique here. Last year we recalled our progressive DA whose whole M.O. was we need less people in jail etc. San Francisco is generally considered a pretty progressive City, but can it consider itself woke because people here are worried about crime and wanted someone who will pay more attention to it?
 
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