Woke... What does it mean?

[Pio1980]

Think you know where 'woke' comes from? Inside the word's musical history – and influence.
'Woke' has been hijacked by white people left and right. But the word is seminal to our larger culture in ways most of us have never understood.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opini...y/70300770007/

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by Pio1980

Think you know where 'woke' comes from? Inside the word's musical history – and influence.
'Woke' has been hijacked by white people left and right. But the word is seminal to our larger culture in ways most of us have never understood.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opini...y/70300770007/

"Woke" as used by white supremacist christian nationalist Americans means you're a racist asshole.

Thus regarding DeSeditionist...his woke-mob speech confirms he's an A-number 1 racist asshole. Although we obviously already knew that...he's a Republican. And if you're an American who votes for Republican politicians, any of them for any office no matter how onscure, it makes you a racist, sexist, bigot, homophbe asshole as well.

[donquixote99]

What you say is even true in the sense that when a maga calls someone woke, they think the woke person is racist. Racist, to them, means any form or caring about non-whites, since that MUST in their minds mean you don't like whites.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

"Woke" as used by white supremacist christian nationalist Americans means you're a racist asshole.

Thus regarding DeSeditionist...his woke-mob speech confirms he's an A-number 1 racist asshole. Although we obviously already knew that...he's a Republican. And if you're an American who votes for Republican politicians, any of them for any office no matter how onscure, it makes you a racist, sexist, bigot, homophbe asshole as well.

Yes, but the average MAGAts are not to be blamed since the Trumplicans in partnership with Faux have taken advantage of the MAGAts lack of education, knowledge of laws (& the constitution) into convincing them that all non-whites are their enemy and by extension, also the Democrats. And there is no end in sight as long as they have the MAGAt's vote covered. The Trumplicans are assured that the MAGAts will only vote for an R, but their challenge is to bring them to the polls. And Trump can indeed stop the MAGAts from going to the polls and this is their fundamental fear of Trump and their forced allegiance.

Our only hope is that the independent voters see the ruse, but getting them to vote for a Democrat is not a slam dunk nor do I see a Dem politician than can make a compelling argument.

[Concept-V]

[GChief]

Originally Posted by Concept-V

What those suffering from White Fragility think or tell themselves to excuse their bigotry.

[RickeyM]

Quote:
It was only in 2017 that the word “woke” was aded to the Oxford English Dictionary, and was defined as “being ‘aware’ or ‘well-informed’ in a political or cultural sense”.

Quote:
It evolved into an all-encompassing term to describe leftist political ideology, used as a “shorthand for people on the left” to signal progressiveness, but weaponised by those on the right as a “sneering, jeering dismissive term” to denigrate those who did not agree with their beliefs, said Mr Thorne.

To wit:

Originally Posted by Concept-V

[Rajoo]

Woke is the antidote to MAGA.

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

Yes, but the average MAGAts are not to be blamed since the Trumplicans in partnership with Faux have taken advantage of the MAGAts lack of education, knowledge of laws (& the constitution) into convincing them that all non-whites are their enemy and by extension, also the Democrats.

Nope. I don't think so. One thing, I learned above all other things as a clinical counselor is that when it comes down to it, we...every one of us...is responsible for our own behavior. No blaming mommy and daddy, no blaming abusive siblings, no blaming politicians, no blaming the media.

We all have the same opportunity to shed the bullshit of our formative years, and to shed the bullshit of those in positions of authority, or those in control of the information we get from our environment.

MAGA are responsible for their despicable shit...it's nobody's fault but their own. Each one of us is responsible, at some point in our lives, the sooner the better for ourselves and everybody we come into contact with...to fucking straighten up and fly right.
Anything else is bullshit excuse making.

The buzzard told the monkey you are choking me
Release your hold and i will set you free
The monkey looked the buzzard right dead in the eye
And said your story's so touching, it's sounds just like a lie

Straighten Up and Fly Right - The Andrews Sisters

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

Yes, but the average MAGAts are not to be blamed since the Trumplicans in partnership with Faux have taken advantage of the MAGAts lack of education, knowledge of laws (& the constitution) into convincing them that all non-whites are their enemy and by extension, also the Democrats.

I agree with assigning more blame to the propaganders than to the progagandees. But I don't think the ignorances cited are what was exploited exactly. Rather, it's the latent human capacity to fear and hate other human groups, particularly in times of some stress and duress. Economic declines and the duress of changing demographics set this up. But if the evil party hadn't decided to go demagogic as it has, all this didn't have to happen.