Being woke is not simply that, though. At the risk of being pejorative, it involves being smug about possessing such awareness, and judgemental about others’ su

Being woke is not simply that, though. At the risk of being pejorative, it involves being smug about possessing such awareness, and judgemental about others’ supposed lack of it. That smugness may be exuberant but innocent (e.g. teenagers), or it may be hostile (e.g. uni students seeking to de-platform people). I agree that the article would have been better to steer clear of implied pejoratives.