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    Quote Originally Posted by BartenderElite View Post
    It didn't take THAT long, but the term has been hijacked by the usual reactionaries and status quoers who would prefer that America somehow find its way back to the 1950's and not have to come to terms with centuries of inequality and injustice.

    It's a mock now - a slur. "Hey, ya little wokies, nyah, nyah, nyah."

    Like children.


    Are there some who overused the term, or made it a "better than thou" boast? Of course. But all it means is being aware. Acknowledging the issues that are right in front of our face.

    It's something we all should aspire toward. When people mock the term, all I really hear is that they'd prefer to remain in the dark.
    As if libs don't have a thousand little childish mock terms for the President. Shut the fuck up, hypocrite.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Micawber View Post
    That is also my experience. And in each of these tropes, there is a kernel of truth somewhere which is entirely unrepresentative, it gets mashed up by Hannity or Limbaugh or some other propagandist hater and made into a cause celeb. Never is it something in the common experience of most Democrats. I become aware by some jerk here who starts throwing it around because they repaste WND or whatever disreputable crap they copy and paste.
    That is what I thought. Neither I or any other established liberal here runs around talking about being woke.

    I assume when giggling deplorables use it, it did not occur to them they are attempting to mock posters who never use the term or even had it on their radar.

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    On one hand a number of terms are generational in their nature so it’s understandable that older people for instance aren’t aware of all the phrases young people use.

    But to hear older white liberals claim they are unaware of the term woke and how regularly it is used in young progressive (often P.O.C.) circles shows the bubble some folks live in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cawacko View Post
    On one hand a number of terms are generational in their nature so it’s understandable that older people for instance aren’t aware of all the phrases young people use.

    But to hear older white liberals claim they are unaware of the term woke and how regularly it is used in young progressive (often P.O.C.) circles shows the bubble some folks live in.
    Fox man talking about bubbles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Micawber View Post
    Fox man talking about bubbles.
    LOL. If you’re going to try and troll do better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    Cons are the ones obsessed with using it.
    I never use it.
    And I might be wrong, but I do not recall any established liberal posters here using it is a sustained way.

    Giggling deplorables think when they use it, it is a clever put down. A tepid attempt at mockery
    It's in your PC handbook. get Woke. we aren't obsessed -we just ROFL libs buy into any PC junk.
    It's all thought control

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    Quote Originally Posted by dukkha View Post
    It's in your PC handbook. get Woke. we aren't obsessed -we just ROFL libs buy into any PC junk.
    It's all thought control
    I never even was aware of the word until deplorables became obsessed with it. No liberal I am aware of on this board uses it.

    On this board, the word wouldn't even be used except for you and your deplorable buddies.

    That makes it your word.

    Why would you even use it if PC terms bother you? Liberals here are not using it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Micawber View Post
    Fox man talking about bubbles.
    Oh the irony.

    A 60 year old Fox watcher told me I needed to get woke the other day.
    First time I have ever heard it used.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dukkha View Post
    It's in your PC handbook. get Woke. we aren't obsessed -we just ROFL libs buy into any PC junk.
    It's all thought control
    From the most unwoke douchebag on the entire internet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cawacko View Post
    On one hand a number of terms are generational in their nature so it’s understandable that older people for instance aren’t aware of all the phrases young people use.

    But to hear older white liberals claim they are unaware of the term woke and how regularly it is used in young progressive (often P.O.C.) circles shows the bubble some folks live in.
    Are you voting for Biden, Cawoko?

    Must suck for a relatively rational Republican.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    I do not recall ever even hearing the word until giggling righwing posters started using it, evidently believing it was a clever put-down
    Something they heard on Fox or Rush!

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    This board is full of baby boomers and if you’re a baby boomer and only hang out with fellow baby boomers and don’t follow social media it's more understandable not having heard the term woke or having your friends use it.

    The New York Times and NPR have used the term plenty. Hell LeBron James, one of the most famous people on the planet and a big activist, used the term today in his tweet. If you’ve never heard someone use the term woke you are not paying attention.

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    I've never seen the term used for a long time. Now all of sudden it's a thing.

    Strange times.

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    Quote Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner View Post
    The term gets mocked for the same reason Liberal became a pejorative. Those using it have abused the term and then attacked those who don't automatically accept its use as defined by Progressives.
    Well, there’s the bit about white males consistently ‘ending up on the wrong side of things’ lol.

    Woke is a joke.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Omar View Post
    Well, there’s the bit about white males consistently ‘ending up on the wrong side of things’ lol.

    Woke is a joke.
    So being woke on the injustices in other countries is a joke?

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