"Woke" means "to be aware of." Its use began, I think, with black people referring to awareness of racism. I've seen it used by right-wing conspracy theorists to refer to being aware of what they think are hidden truths about the government. The Republican propagandists consciously expanded it to label anything that liberals say or do th…
"Woke" means "to be aware of." Its use began, I think, with black people referring to awareness of racism. I've seen it used by right-wing conspracy theorists to refer to being aware of what they think are hidden truths about the government.
The Republican propagandists consciously expanded it to label anything that liberals say or do that might seem silly to the magas, so that now it's well-entrenched by the right-wing media as a term of derision.
Example: Some liberals wear buttons displaying their preferred pronouns, thus showing awareness that not everyone''s gender can be defined as one of two possibilities. To magas,, this is ridiculous.
"Woke" means "to be aware of." Its use began, I think, with black people referring to awareness of racism. I've seen it used by right-wing conspracy theorists to refer to being aware of what they think are hidden truths about the government.
The Republican propagandists consciously expanded it to label anything that liberals say or do that might seem silly to the magas, so that now it's well-entrenched by the right-wing media as a term of derision.
Example: Some liberals wear buttons displaying their preferred pronouns, thus showing awareness that not everyone''s gender can be defined as one of two possibilities. To magas,, this is ridiculous.