Cancel 2020.2 (07-04-2020), Granule (07-05-2020), Irish (07-04-2020)
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.
Cancel 2020.2 (07-04-2020), Granule (07-05-2020), Irish (07-04-2020)
AProudLefty (07-04-2020), Micawber (07-05-2020), Phantasmal (07-04-2020)
Callinectes (07-04-2020), Darth Omar (07-04-2020), Matt Dillon (07-04-2020), Saudade (07-04-2020), Stretch (07-04-2020), Wolverine (07-06-2020)
Phantasmal (07-04-2020), Rune (07-04-2020)
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.
Callinectes (07-04-2020), Irish (07-04-2020)
Keep changing the names. It doesn't change the meaning.
Abortion
Pro-Choice
Women's rights
Women's Health
Callinectes (07-04-2020), Matt Dillon (07-04-2020)
Irish (07-04-2020)
domer76 (07-04-2020)
An introduction to it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke
Wolverine (07-06-2020)
Saudade (07-04-2020)
Now a right wing, brain dead, hackneyed trope to broadbrush and degrade things that are good, as usual.
A cult of angry, ugly, cynical and often racist morons.
BartenderElite (07-04-2020), Rune (07-04-2020)
The problem isn't whether you use it or not. It is a political word invented / used by the Left over time. Today it is becoming, as I pointed out earlier with the word Liberal, a pejorative with negative connotations for Progressives and Leftists used by their opponents.
Callinectes (07-04-2020)
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.
Wolverine (07-06-2020)
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