Let's look at your pejoratives, Right

It’s not just U.S. slang, it was specifically black U.S. slang from decades ago. I personally bristle a bit when I hear it now used to disparage people who aren’t being bigoted and tend to think the person using the term must be pro-bigotry. A long way from the days when it was considered a serious compliment to be called "woke".

When I first heard it, I assumed they meant ironically. Like, "You call yourself 'woke,' but really you are part of the regressive left." It was always in quotes. I think it shifted now that it has bounced round-and-round through the echo chambers. Now it's just another pejorative word to place alongside "leftist," "liberal," and "snowflake." Bonus points if they can also get in a dig about "safe spaces."

None of those words are inherently bad either. I always wonder why would it be bad to be a snowflake? Each snowflake is unique, just as each person is unique. What, are they really opposed to individuality?

It's easy to mock people you don't know. I try to be people's "leftist friend," to help them understand why we care about the values we do, but without disparaging them. I used to have a friend I played Pokemon Go with who called me his "reasonable leftist friend." I remember sitting at the picnic table outside a gym we were capturing as he grilled me about Critical Race Theory. It was exhausting at times, but I always did my best to just present my views without taking offense despite his best attempts to make me angry.

"If this side is attentive and responsive to issues or racism and social injustice, what does the other side represent?"

People who couldn't give a flying fuck about any of that and are too stupid to realise they are being led by the nose down the path to authoritarianism.

You woke me up at 5am now I hate you.

Thanks for BA!