What’s wrong with Woke?

[Yakuda]

We are just going to have to disagree on that, but having a different opinion than you does not mean I am pretending to be 'woke', I simply believe America still has vestiges of racism in our system and that we can do better, you disagree. That is okay, it does not justify attacking me for believing what I believe.

I agree there is racism in America but to suggest it's systemic means you either don't know what the word means or you use it simply for hyperbolic effect. It unnecessarily complicates the discussion about REAL racism. I'm not attacking you I am pointing out the absurity of your argument. If that's a problem for you, it's not that i don't care but I can't do anything about that so I don't spend much time worrying about how you feel.

[Legion]

They need to stop calling people names just for trying to be better people.

Irony abounds.

[Minister of Truth]

I don't encourage feeling badly about it, but I do encourage trying to do better. Making fun of those of us who do try to do better is a great example of why systematic racism still exists in our nation.

They need to stop calling people names just for trying to be better people.

That's the last thing woke fascists want to be.

[Jarod]

Because you woke up morning in 2021 and thought, "geez, I wonder what this woke movement is all about...?"

If it helps you to believe that...

[Jarod]

I agree there is racism in America but to suggest it's systemic means you either don't know what the word means or you use it simply for hyperbolic effect. It unnecessarily complicates the discussion about REAL racism. I'm not attacking you I am pointing out the absurity of your argument. If that's a problem for you, it's not that i don't care but I can't do anything about that so I don't spend much time worrying about how you feel.

I can handle the attack, but I am pointing out its affect on the discourse.


So, lets continue the discussion, what does 'systemic' mean to you?

[Jarod]

That's the last thing woke fascists want to be.

Then, tell me, what do you mean when you call someone a 'woke fascist'?

[cawacko]

I dont know, you would have to ask someone who does it. I am not sure you are correct the tech elite are mostly liberals, I have always understood that silicon valley is a very conservative voting area. Am I wrong, you would know better.

Nowhere in San Francisco or the Bay Area is there a very conservative voting area. It's not like there are zero conservatives who work in the tech industry but it is dominated by liberals. There has been for years massive pushback against tech and the tech elite locally. The question is why do "regular" liberals push back against elite liberals in the tech field?

[Minister of Truth]

Then, tell me, what do you mean when you call someone a 'woke fascist'?

That they are not the opposite, which is genuine. Woke fascism gets the added term due to its behavior and goals.

[domer76]

I hear Trumppers complaining about people they call “Woke”.

The way I understand it, if a person tries to be aware of others, their needs and feelings, and tries to behave in a considerate way toward others, they are “Woke”.

Somehow that’s an insult?

The RW tards are the only ones I’ve seen to use the phrase.

Those who actually possess self-awareness and empathy don’t.

[Yakuda]

I can handle the attack, but I am pointing out its affect on the discourse.


So, lets continue the discussion, what does 'systemic' mean to you?

Then stop attacking.

As I look at merriam webster dictionary it says, "fundamental to a predominant social, economic or political practice". That seems to be the relevant definition. Do you agree or disagree?

[Wolverine]

So, If I personally choose not to say or support racist things, its against free speech? How so?

[Yakuda]

The RW tards are the only ones I’ve seen to use the phrase.

Those who actually possess self-awareness and empathy don’t.

Lets test the last stayement. Did the dumboshit party say or do anything over the past 4 years that might have incited people?

[Wolverine]

Its like when they turned elite into a bad word.

To me, being "the elite" meant you were the best at something.

I enjoy Hawley and Cruz, (Ivy League graduates) complaining about the elite.

Elitist acting people, who think no one can challenge their thoughts lthat is what pisses people offl opinions are opinions whether an elitists or not!

[Wolverine]

The Republican Party has to make caring about others seem like being stupid


They are the sociopathic party


They NEED their voters to be convinced it’s foolish to care about other people


Otherwise it would be obvious that their party’s ideas are evil fucking sociopathic crap

You are such a nasty person, evangelicals vote republican, we care more about people than liberal elitists, who only speak to the problem of poor, and then expect everyone else to take care of said poor!

[ThatOwlWoman]

I dont know, you would have to ask someone who does it. I am not sure you are correct the tech elite are mostly liberals, I have always understood that silicon valley is a very conservative voting area. Am I wrong, you would know better.

Judging from the ppl my husband worked with (he is a retired software engineer/systems architect), you are correct -- they do tend to be conservative. I had put it down to the area where we lived, but he said that it's pretty much ubiquitous in the IT/tech industry.