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They've got a point! (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
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Thanks to the commenter who reminded me that it's not bad to be reminded that the term is only a pejorative because conservative racists made it so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke#20th_century

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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I agree that wokeness is more enlightened than ignorance, but I also wonder how woke it is to scorn the less enlightened so hard.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm sure someone is somewhere grappling with that.

    Since the politicians they support and voted in are actively dismantling the government, erecting a dictatorship, and enacting policies guaranteed to get people needlessly killed I don't find myself burdened by such concerns.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    The point isn't to take sides with the sheep, it's about self-awareness. Recognizing that hating ignorant people is just a different form of ignorance. We're all burdened by or own ignorance even if we don't know it.

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 1 year ago

    I don't hate them for their ignorance. I would actually stop short of saying I hate them at all. But the deep disdain I feel for them is for the hellscape they have dragged all of us into, and which will take decades to fix, if we fix it at all.

    So yeah, I'm probably burdened by being ignorant of how that makes me just as bad as they are.

    Considering I'll die of old age still being harmed by what they have empowered and are currently cheering for, and will also die knowing my kids' lives and the lives of everyone I care about will be worse because of it, I'm ok with that.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    NO. They are assholes. I am NOTHING like Donny 2 Dolls' cult followers. I stay out of other peoples lives. I feel that people like YOU just let them off the hook, and are part of the problem.

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