Woke means finding fault in everyone but yourself.

That's called showing a friend or another person empathy when they've been diagnosed with a horrible illness that could potentially end their life in a very painful manner. Hopefully we'd all really feel that empathy too.

"woke", however, is identifying and engaging in various social causes, usually those centered around sex, race, gender, etc. in society. Woke people will look for and perceive injustices, when in reality they really aren't injustices...or are just examples of what happens to most other people regardless of the aforementioned characteristics. In general, it's insincere because real empathy isn't experienced like that. We feel bad about certain things, we try our best for our families, we help where we can, and so on...woke is taking a supposed "concern" much further than that but not for reasons that are genuine or commendable. If anything, it is the ultimate suppressor of empathy, which has many dimensions and can only be real if it is genuine.

I think most people here are aware of how much I truly hate the GOP. However, if someone receives a Cancer diagnosis that is an acquaintance of mine I am putting politics aside and doing whatever I can for them, even if they identify as a conservative.. I really don’t see “Woke” in it’s current usage as a legitimate word or description , so I don’t have a clear answer for your question.

Because empathy and too much of it can consume you and affect you. It's fine to provide support but don't make others pain your own. You'll suffer.

Dont see how that is woke tho.

Showing empathy and compassion to a friend should go without saying, otherwise are you truly a friend!?

Being woke isn't a bad thing. Though I think it needs to be kept in check. Some go to far, too PC and it just gets silly.
Kindness however is never a big ask, or at least shouldn't be.

This is a long time friend who is suffering, at NO point should your compassion and concern be tagged with such idiotic terms.

I have taken care of all kinds of cancer patients and yes I have compassion.

Show them empathy. Anything that discourages that is evil.

No, woke is being aware of the plights of people you don’t personally know who are somehow seen as different from you. What you described is just part of being a good friend.

What a loser. You are trying to use this guy's cancer (if even true) to make the cheapest, lamest and irrelevant political own

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If compassion and empathy is woke then I am proud to be woke! 😤😤😤 We should show compassion and empathy to others! 💖💖💖

Woke literally means being aware of the suffering of others. Especially oppressed groups of people.

Who would ever describe that as ‘woke’?

I don’t think you have understood the meaning of the word “woke”.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke

No, that is way off.

That’s not what woke us to me. Please show your friend compassion and empathy during this time.