Woke... What does it mean?

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Originally Posted by Not Insane

Actually, no. That is Finnbow's interpretation of what people mean when they use the word.

First of all, due to the nature of the word, it can mean different things to different people. Even different conservatives. But it is rarely about things they "don't understand". Being a conservative, I hang around a lot of conservatives (on conservative forums"), and his description certainly does not reflect their usage of the word.

I've noticed that one thing that Rush Limbaugh was spot on in saying: "Words have meaning." And it is pretty obvious that the right is far more aware of the significance of that phrase than the left is. It's why phrases that are started with the left often get hijacked by the right. Like "woke" and "fake news". It's because for them to stick in their usage, they have to have a solid meaning. And in the case of "woke", the right usually uses the word sarcastically. i.e. those that consider themselves "woke" are usually anything but.

Thank you for being here.

Other than conservatives using the word as a pejorative, I am yet to see any reasonable explanation of what "woke" and "anti-woke" mean to them.

Anti-woke seems to include anti-choice, anti-LGBT, anti-diversity, addressing the death by gun epidemic, etc...so, they are basically saying they oppose civil rights for anything other than stereotypical white Christian hetero-normative positions.

The anti-woke seem fine supporting felons, adjudicated rapists who make flamingly wrong statements about Haitians eating cats, insane Mexican convicts taking our jobs, "stolen" elections, pedophilic pizza parlors, etc.

They seem "woke" to batshit crazy and criminal issues, but not choice or diversity?