"WOKE" Means....
Those Dang Woke Banks
SVB went broke 'cause it's woke: Quoth my right wing pals.
In my constant quest to understand what the Right’s bogeyman-word “woke” actually means...
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...(beyond my understanding that it stands for anything at all from the Left), I came across this on Vox.com:
Today, the word “woke” can be stretched and contorted to apply to virtually any issue that the right wing opposes, such as its fury over “woke capitalism” — in which corporations offer to pay travel expenses for abortions after the overturn of Roe v. Wade, or acknowledge climate change as a problem, or, perhaps most commonly, include any diversity and inclusion initiatives as part of their corporate policy. The word originates from Black political history, and it became more widely known during the burgeoning Black Lives Matter movement in 2014. As my colleague Aja Romano has explained, it has ties “to an awareness of systematized white violence against Black people,” but in recent years it’s been co-opted by the right as its favorite boogeyman.
I guess I was right all along. It’s like Trump's cries of “Witch Hunt!” anytime he was investigated for any of his many malfeasances. It’s a “magic word”* for propaganda fans.
*Magic words are often nonsense phrases used in fantasy fiction or by stage magicians. Frequently such words are presented as being part of a divine, adamic, or other secret or empowered language.
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Here are some warning signs you might be woke (or a liberal for that matter):
1. Free speech is only for those who agree with you.
2. Your response to an opposing point of view is not a well-reasoned retort, but cries of racism, sexism, misogyny, Nazi, or similar term along with the obligatory TDS blather.
3. Racist policies are okay as long as they're racist against White people.
4. It's great to have LGBTQA+ alphabet soup people indoctrinate kids with things like drag shows and sexually explicit stories and images.
5. You can't define what a man or woman is.
6. It's perfectly fine for trans men to compete in women's athletic events and use women's restrooms and locker rooms.
7. You think men can get pregnant.
8. You say "chest feeding" and "birthing person" with a straight face.
9. You believe the BLM and Antifa riots were peaceful protests.
10. You believe January 6th was an attempted insurrection.
11. You think the 2nd Amendment is about hunting.
12. Governments and corporations are perfectly reasonable in suspending liberties and forcing people to take an experimental drug.
13. "The science is settled" is your response to data that contradicts your opinion on any scientific topic.
14. Ukraine is worth going to war over.
15. You believe the media.
16. You believe the government.
Sorry, I really haven't provided a definition of woke. But you're fairly intelligent. I'm sure you can figure it out.
With one line: "3. Racist policies are okay as long as they're racist against White people," you expose yourself. It's almost as bad as, "10. You believe January 6th was an attempted insurrection." You, sir, are a member of a cult with strange cultish ideas, one of which is that it's OK for you to use ridiculous, overheated memes as though they were true, all with one objective, to demonize your opponents rather that to make a substantive argument.
My favorite of your silly points is that "woke" means: "11. You think the 2nd Amendment is about hunting." Never mind any of that "Well regulated militia" stuff!
The saddest of your comments -- making me somewhat nauseous -- is: "14. Ukraine is worth going to war over." Wake up, man, and admit you are a fan of one of the worst Dictators in the world.
Love,
scooter