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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Woke" is the current RW equivalent for the N-word
Sometimes gussied up with an accompanying "socialist" and/or LGBTQ. But basically woke is meant to equate every bit of African-American history, heros, accomplishments, and unique culture as godless, ugly, unAmerican, unpatriotic, unworthy, and deserving of annihilation.
I'm so tired of it. But alas, it seems that RWers have latched onto it with a frenzy. So I guess I'll just have to deal with as best I can. How do you deal with it?
Ferrets are Cool
(21,126 posts)Tree-Hugger
(3,373 posts)Yep, they use "woke" in the place of the slurs they really want to say.
Zeitghost
(3,911 posts)I see it hurled at white liberals for the most part. It's the new version of libtard or similar slurs.
2naSalit
(87,090 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,966 posts)In person or online when confronting the term "WOKE" when referring to being informed, well read, and educated. Shuts them right up and exposes them to be the opposite of where I am at.
samsingh
(17,617 posts)they ban and cancel things they don't like
they change decent traditions
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)You know, things like being conscious of energy consumption & generally caring about our beautiful planet.
JackSabbath
(155 posts)REPUBLICAN is the new 'n' word
LexVegas
(6,125 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,487 posts)As how to deal with it? I don't know.
I'm white, and I'm a proud liberal. But people don't normally give me any crap about it, because I'm quiet, until they expose themselves.
Then, I embarrass them unmercifully.
No one has called me "woke" yet. So I've thought about this. Have I not been called "woke" because I am white, or is it because they know I won't take their shit? I don't know.
But I'm talking about real life here, not social media. I was on Facebook for quite some time, until my own "beloved" cousins started calling me a libtard, and told me to "open my eyes" and "grow up" after I scolded them for their racist remarks. I told them all to fuck off and left Facebook permanently years ago. I've never been on twitter.
If someone even begins to start shit with me about "libtards" or any of that stuff in real life, I usually just give them a look that says "Not with me, you don't", and they change the subject.
Johnny2X2X
(19,380 posts)Seriously, the 2 are nothing alike.
Polybius
(15,576 posts)The n-word is an offensive, ugly word that is now banned on TV and many media outlets.
central scrutinizer
(11,677 posts)Repugs struggle with words of more than one syllable.
Walleye
(31,207 posts)Response to vlyons (Original post)
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GP6971
(31,315 posts)SYFROYH
(34,186 posts)I'm not if this is the first usage of "stay woke" to describe an awakening of awareness of racial injustice and action, but it's beautiful.
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