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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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[–] 113 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Reminder that woke was originally used as a positive term.

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  • [–] 69 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)
  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I think it's wild that the word 'woke' entirely replaced the selective outrage on the 2010s over "CRT," a bogyman that most white conservatives still cannot define.

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  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    My stupid ass: "why did the conservatives have an issue with Cathode Ray Tube TVs?"

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Lol, yeah that was constantly the problem I had back then, especially since MAGA was using "CRT" as the scare word, and not nothing to mention that it means "Critical Race Theory," a phrase well in-line with other subjects in other fields, like Biblical Critical Theory.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    See also: politically correct (PC) and social justice warrior (SJW)...all just fancy ways to call someone a commie pinko bleeding heart socialist. The Red Scare never really stopped, and neither did the Lavender Scare

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    I'm just impressed they used 'couldn't care less' correctly.

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

    english as a second language tend to be more careful with their usage of idioms

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    [–] 39 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    The opposite of being woke is being asleep and oblivious to what's going on. It's crazy people say they aren't woke and think that's like a good thing lol.

    It's like saying "I'm a fucking idiot" and being smug about it

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    [–] 35 points 1 year ago

    It's easier too. You don't gotta constantly be vigilant for the next way the woke industrial complex is trying to indoctrinate you. Because they won.

    They go me already. We're doing unisex bathrooms? Ok then. Eighty new variants of pride flag just dropped yesterday? Well there's a lot of new colour combos I'll forget in 30 seconds but alright. Pronouns can be wholly silent, like the P in Pterodactyl? I cannot comprehend how that works but sure it literally will never affect me in a negative way.

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

    If you're not woke your eyes are closed

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    [–] 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Petition to rename Twitter again, to Twatter. I know, I know, my intellect is frightening sometimes. /s

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

    Saying a person is woke is like saying they are not a mindless sheep going through life asleep at the wheel.

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    [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The same people also see being "progressive" as a bad thing. I swear, if they had they way, we still be amazed at the sight of fire while living in our caves.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    Just saw the recent south park episode- absolutely killed. Poor Cartman is nothing withoutout the woke 😢

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Oh god... Imagine actually accepting tolerance.

    I swear that "woke" is what these fucking troglodytes say when they know they've lost an argument. It's like some sort of primal defense mechanism.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (5 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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    [–] 6 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    So conservatives version of this is their deweaponization of the word nazi? Fuck this timeline.

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