Not only that, but there is a tendency to group too many phenomena under the heading of "woke", both by people describing themselves with that label, and descri

Not only that, but there is a tendency to group too many phenomena under the heading of "woke", both by people describing themselves with that label, and describing others. For instance, I've seen people deride someone for "being too woke" when the issue at hand was sexual harassment. This is clearly absurd, since we have laws about sexual harassment, and it can't be simply "woke" people who respect laws. On the flip side, things like "let's not name our principal branch 'master'" are, to me at least, clear examples of excessive wokeness. This word, "woke", has become a smokescreen. People who use the same word may not be remotely talking about the same things. They only seem to be agreeing, but neither one actually knows what the other is saying. "Woke" is a pointer, whose pointed at memory location has wildly varying values for different people.