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Having a liberal-leaning thesis isn't "woke", thats a complete misunderstanding of what the word means in this context. Wokeness is a recent aesthetic trend, l

• alienthrowaway 3y ago
  > Having a liberal-leaning thesis isn't "woke" "Woke" has become a fuzzy culture-war term with no clear meaning when used perjoratively. Racial diversity? "Woke". Non-heteronormative relationships? Also "woke". A sci-fi movie about blue native cat-people fighting imperialism is apparently also woke[1]. A conservative strategist boasted that they successfully co-opted the term to be malleable enough to fit any topic that the conservative voters may dislike. So my definition of woke is accurate by their standard; where are you basing your definition? 1. I'm taking Ben Shapiro's word for it.
• PurpleRamen 3y ago
  Woke is not new, it's around for 40, 50 years? But the way liberals are using it is different from how right-wings are using it today. For them, it's now a plain insult for anything not on their side. And this meaning has spreading like cancer in recent years.
• Delfino 3y ago
  When asked in court what was meant by the term "woke," Ron DeSantis' general counsel said "the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them." Other than using the modifier American, the parent comment's use of the term woke fits very well with this definition.
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