Let's look at your pejoratives, Right

Everyone you disagree with is "woke." The "woke liberal" and the "Woke left." I'm wondering just how you're using it to put others down.

According to Oxford Language Dictionary, woke is the past of wake
1. adjective INFORMAL•US
alert to injustice in society, especially racism.
"we need to stay angry, and stay woke"

According to Merriam Webster: woke, adjective
woker; wokest
Definition of woke: chiefly US slang
: aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)

"Woke nowadays refers to being aware or well informed in a political or cultural sense, especially regarding issues surrounding marginalized communities - it describes someone who has “woken up” to issues of social injustice."
https://www.nationalworld.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/what-does-woke-mean-definition-of-woke-culture-in-2021-and-what-critics-mean-by-woke-police-3215758

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

bijouxbroussard · F

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".

dancingtongue · 80-89, M

@bijouxbroussard Part of the huge downside of "trending". When it becomes a "buzzword" it denigrates the language and original meaning to help the clueless look like they are trendy.