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Using woke as a derogatory term is such a bad look. The woke crowd in this case being folks who are trying to address issues of anti-Asian hate by exposing shor

Using woke as a derogatory term is such a bad look. The woke crowd in this case being folks who are trying to address issues of anti-Asian hate by exposing shortcomings like this. Seems weird to me to make fun of people who are trying to do that.

Daho0n 6y ago
I don't believe "the woke crowd" does anything at all for anti-asian hate. They only post woke comments online. Those that do make a difference are a totally different breed. I'm sure you know the kind of person I'm making fun of.
nitrogen 6y ago
Using "bad look" as a derogatory term is also a bad look. Focusing on optics over substance is a big part of the mess that is current discourse. I expect the vast majority of people who practice what they preach are doing a lot more practicing and very little preaching.
ThrowawayR2 6y ago
As an Asian, I find the progressive crowd to say one thing but do quite another with regard to helping Asians, so frankly the flak they receive is something that they earned through their own actions.
seriousquestion 6y ago
It's a fitting look, considering the woke actively discriminate against Asians, while pretending otherwise.
tablespoon 6y ago
> address issues of anti-Asian hate by exposing shortcomings like this This isn't doing anything to address anything that could be properly understood as "hate." That word has some very specific meanings that are very necessary and become easier to ignore when the word is too-frequently misused with some over-general meaning (that's already covered by other words).
Rule35 6y ago
Woke is a derogatory term because we don't believe it's honest. People in this thread can't even seem to decide if it's racist to find other races attractive, or racist not to. > address issues of anti-Asian hate [...] Seems weird to me to make fun of people who are trying to do that. So demonstrate some harm and present a coherent argument about how to reduce it.

Daho0n 6y ago

I don't believe "the woke crowd" does anything at all for anti-asian hate. They only post woke comments online. Those that do make a difference are a totally different breed. I'm sure you know the kind of person I'm making fun of.

nitrogen 6y ago

Using "bad look" as a derogatory term is also a bad look. Focusing on optics over substance is a big part of the mess that is current discourse. I expect the vast majority of people who practice what they preach are doing a lot more practicing and very little preaching.

ThrowawayR2 6y ago

As an Asian, I find the progressive crowd to say one thing but do quite another with regard to helping Asians, so frankly the flak they receive is something that they earned through their own actions.

seriousquestion 6y ago

It's a fitting look, considering the woke actively discriminate against Asians, while pretending otherwise.

tablespoon 6y ago

> address issues of anti-Asian hate by exposing shortcomings like this This isn't doing anything to address anything that could be properly understood as "hate." That word has some very specific meanings that are very necessary and become easier to ignore when the word is too-frequently misused with some over-general meaning (that's already covered by other words).

Rule35 6y ago

Woke is a derogatory term because we don't believe it's honest. People in this thread can't even seem to decide if it's racist to find other races attractive, or racist not to. > address issues of anti-Asian hate [...] Seems weird to me to make fun of people who are trying to do that. So demonstrate some harm and present a coherent argument about how to reduce it.