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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by octopus_ink@slrpnk.net to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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Thanks to the commenter who reminded me that it's not bad to be reminded that the term is only a pejorative because conservative racists made it so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke#20th_century

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[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml -3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Doesn't really apply to a flame war tho.

The right know they can't win the economic argument. Everyone's purchasing power is going down and living standards are stagnating.

That's why they push the 'woke' stuff and divide the workers. It's common sense. Why else would right-wing platforms like Google,Facebook,Newscorp be plastered with this "no neutral! You have to pick a side!" shite?

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Doesn't really apply to a flame war tho.

I'm not talking about flame wars, I'm talking about real world shit. You know, the shit that's actually behind the behaviors they call 'woke' to try to get people to stop doing.

The right know they can't win the economic argument. Everyone's purchasing power is going down and living standards are stagnating

Yep, and they use the 'woke' shit to make people be ok with worsening conditions because wanting to be treated like a real person is 'woke'

That's why they push the 'woke' stuff and divide the workers

People push the 'woke' shit because it's a thought terminating cliche that allows ignorant twats to not think about why they're actually being awful to people or supporting people destroying innocent peoples' lives

Why else would right-wing platforms like Google,Facebook,Newscorp be plastered with this "no neutral! You have to pick a side!" shite?

What? They push the 'woke narrative' bullshit, or actively support the oppressors. If anything, they take the neutral position so they don't have to justify supporting oppression when they can pretend to be neutral.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What? They push the woke bullshit, or actively support the oppressors. If anything, they take the neutral position so they don't have to justify supporting oppression when they can pretend to be neutral.

i was gonna say something to this effect. big tech firms aren't pushing woke anything. they're the most anti-woke shit out there. they want us isolated and divided so we never learn our true power as a populace. if this poster keeps drilling down this insane "woke people are just as ignorant as fascists" bullshit i'm going to block them because their entire argument hinges on assuming white usage of a Black term is correct when it is overtly and intentionally incorrect.

but what else would i expect from a .ml poster. it's always performative leftist outrage trying to shut down anti-authoritarian thought rather than contributing anything meaningful or useful.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

big tech firms aren't pushing woke anything. they're the most anti-woke shit out there.

Yeah, I was meaning more the 'woke narrative' shit. The tech firms are working hand in glove with conservatives to push the narratives that get ignorant twats all riled up about 'wokeness'. I updated that part for clarity.