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A recognizable word to represent everything that one side doesn’t like. Ask them to define it. Almost none will be able. It’s the modern version of “socialism,”
by alsetmusic 2y ago
A recognizable word to represent everything that one side doesn’t like. Ask them to define it. Almost none will be able. It’s the modern version of “socialism,” another big-bad that most people in the USA (which I believe is the origin of woke) will be unable to define.
- Bostonian 2y ago[flagged]
- jfengel 2y agoFor what it's worth, "woke" started in black culture, as much as a century ago. It wasn't picked up by the left in general until perhaps 2010, but it didn't last long before the right wing media needed a new substitute for "leftist", "PC", and other shibboleths.
- beanjuiceII 2y agogives me "nazi" vibes, where the word is just applied to anything one side doesn't like as well. We saw it used through the elections heavy handed by all mainstream media