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Originally Posted by Fuzz
The ridiculous thing is that the attributes of being "woke" are actually what we should strive for. Being aware of the injustices happening around us should be a positive attribute. Yet those using it are celebrating their ignorance and perpetuating inequality, as if it is a sports team to cheer for. Essentially criticizing the woke left is lashing out at those who have concern for the situations of their fellow citizens. What a horrible thing!
That's why you should not use the term, or respect anyone who does. You certainly shouldn't vote for someone who cares so little for equality that they mock the very concept.
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All you need to do is look at how people in the center, the right use "woke," and even some on the "left that cares about economics" or whatever group that's supposed to be, as a criticism for having people who aren't caucasian in movie and television roles they believe to be traditionally caucasian to see the deeper meaning of woke as a pejorative.
It's the antithesis of "old stock" and "traditional" and "family values." It's a dog whistle. And it doesn't matter where you fall on the political spectrum, right, left, center, upside down, because that's how it's used across the board now.
So when someone says "well golly, whatever other word could I use?" it's because society keeps telling them the words they want to use aren't acceptable anymore. How else are they going to describe a heinous, unpopular group they've defined as "caring about group identity and cultural issues"? How else are they going to describe a group that by their own definition is mostly made up of visible, cultural, sexual orientation, and gender minorities? All the good pejoratives are banned. "Guess I can't say ###### anymore... so woke it is!"