They absolutely don't understand what woke is, and they keep looking for things to be offended about even when there are none.
Remember that clip about someone complaining that you can't celebrate Christmas and say Merry Christmas anymore, while standing in front of a 4 foot high Merry Christmas sign next to a 30 foot Christmas tree?
Remember that clip about someone complaining that you can't celebrate Christmas and say Merry Christmas anymore, while standing in front of a 4 foot high Merry Christmas sign next to a 30 foot Christmas tree?
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ElwoodBlues · M
@FoxyGoddess
Side effects to being anti-woke may include:
- Uncontrollable outrage at cartoon characters wearing pants
- Sudden inability to define "woke" despite using it constantly
- Excessive fear of rainbow-colored objects
- Spontaneous boycotting of products you weren’t buying anyway
- Hallucinations of nonexistent Dr. Seuss book bans
- Chronic victim complex despite claiming others are too sensitive
- Severe allergic reaction to empathy
- Unshakable belief that corporations care about your feelings
- Inability to enjoy media without first checking its political alignment
- Compulsive need to rant about pronouns in bios
- Unfounded paranoia that M&Ms are plotting against you
If you experience any of these symptoms, please consult literally any history book immediately.
Side effects to being anti-woke may include:
- Uncontrollable outrage at cartoon characters wearing pants
- Sudden inability to define "woke" despite using it constantly
- Excessive fear of rainbow-colored objects
- Spontaneous boycotting of products you weren’t buying anyway
- Hallucinations of nonexistent Dr. Seuss book bans
- Chronic victim complex despite claiming others are too sensitive
- Severe allergic reaction to empathy
- Unshakable belief that corporations care about your feelings
- Inability to enjoy media without first checking its political alignment
- Compulsive need to rant about pronouns in bios
- Unfounded paranoia that M&Ms are plotting against you
If you experience any of these symptoms, please consult literally any history book immediately.
@ElwoodBlues speaking about M&Ms: a sudden loss of sexual attraction to an anthropomorphic chocolate disc.
FoxyGoddess · 51-55, F
@NerdyPotato seriously! They complained about the green M&M, they were upset about the girl rabbit in "Space Jam" not being sexy anymore and another female cartoon character. I'm sorry....what? You're mad that a cartoon isn't giving you wood? What...what is wrong with you?!
What I do not like is any cartoonish way of presenting life. To me the garish rainbow has come to symbolize that . Here it was done by children, so it's understandable. But I don't feel comfortable with adults reducing their selves to a childish symbol. It's a shallow form of activism, looking more like marketing than trying to delve into the complexity of anyone's identity.
FoxyGoddess · 51-55, F
@EarthlingWise I tend to dislike shallow forms of activism myself, so I understand what you are saying. It was brought to my attention by a friend that, yes, the rainbow flag may be shallow, but it serves as a marker of where your people are. A way to find like people, make community and bonds. So that makes sense to me. It may be shallow, but it is often the first sign of being with those how are like you. Then, the rainbow becomes less of a thing as the community builds and can become something stronger.
That was how it was explained to me and it really helped me understand its importance.
That was how it was explained to me and it really helped me understand its importance.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
That first response you quoted - calling for vandalism - shows only just how shallow, peurile, irresponsible anc coardly some "someones" on antisocial media can be.
I am tired of hearing the work "woke" used.
This American slang had a tragically real and understandable meaning when coined in the 1930s, if not earlier. It was revived only fairly recently and soon became merely a meaningless term of abuse against anyone or any idea not fully that of its unthinking user.
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In this particular case I doubt very much the vandals would understand and could answer your questions. I doubt they have the intelligence, and would certainly lack the courage, to explain their motive.
I am tired of hearing the work "woke" used.
This American slang had a tragically real and understandable meaning when coined in the 1930s, if not earlier. It was revived only fairly recently and soon became merely a meaningless term of abuse against anyone or any idea not fully that of its unthinking user.
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In this particular case I doubt very much the vandals would understand and could answer your questions. I doubt they have the intelligence, and would certainly lack the courage, to explain their motive.
Richard65 · M
The main problem facing society today (and throughout history) is wealth inequality. At a time of crises, when the economic situation is bleak, people begin to focus on wealth inequality. That makes elites anxious, and so, using social media and the efforts of their media tycoon lapdogs (who are also part of that wealthy elite) they use the old tactic of distraction. Let's agitate against gay and trans people. Lets stoke up the race divide with some well-timed dog whistles. And so, instead of banding together to fight the real enemy, here we are again, arguing over the tiny fraction of trans people, or proposing that gay people are an abomination against God. Don't look at the rich billionaires, look at the poor black guy stealing your job. The term "woke" is simply one of those dog whistles, designed to stoke up division in society. People fall for it every time. Meanwhile, the rich elites continue fleecing the country because everyone is arguing about immigrants. Or gay people. Or women......
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@Richard65 Maybe so but that does not excuse the subject of the OP: that of some mindless vandal defacing a bridge for no reason, not even personal advantage.
The term "woke" originally meant being "awake to" racial prejudice and first appeared in the 1930s after a group of black American teenagers were falsely accused of attacking a white woman. The charge was dropped, by her, and the word "woke" (first publicised in a song from the time) seemed to have disappeared until its recent revival as a term of mere abuse to avoid or suppress constructive political and social debate.
Nothing to do with with wealth or "elites" (whatever they are) or "media tycoons".
The term "woke" originally meant being "awake to" racial prejudice and first appeared in the 1930s after a group of black American teenagers were falsely accused of attacking a white woman. The charge was dropped, by her, and the word "woke" (first publicised in a song from the time) seemed to have disappeared until its recent revival as a term of mere abuse to avoid or suppress constructive political and social debate.
Nothing to do with with wealth or "elites" (whatever they are) or "media tycoons".
helenoftroy2000 · 22-25, F
I think these days another word is being similarly co-opted and transformed into a broad catch-all pejorative to mean literally anything the co-opter wants it to mean.
That word is "toxic".
It makes me wonder how many times throughout history disingenuous people have done similar co-options of preexisting words.
That word is "toxic".
It makes me wonder how many times throughout history disingenuous people have done similar co-options of preexisting words.
They had a meltdown over a female actress, Jodie Whittaker, playing the part of Dr Who. And they were absolutely [b]screaming[/b] when Ncuti Gatwa became the Doctor....
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DarthInvader · 36-40, M
@bijouxbroussard Many of these terms end up being co-opted into meaning something completely different from what they actually are. DEI, for example, got twisted, especially by people like Kirk, into implying ‘Black incompetence,’ only for it to turn out that Black people benefited the least from these programs. And now we even see some Asian groups who jumped on the anti-DEI bandwagon complaining that their university acceptance rates aren’t what they used to be. It’s almost as if a lot of people have convinced themselves that the simple existence of Black people is the reason their own lives are shitty
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