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Sure but that has almost nothing to do with how it’s used today. Language and the meanings of words change over time, and it’s all but impossible to make peopl
by jimbokun 2y ago
Sure but that has almost nothing to do with how it’s used today.
Language and the meanings of words change over time, and it’s all but impossible to make people go back to using tre old definition.
- snozolli 2y agoIt's what it meant until white people started lecturing each other on what it means, then conservatives started using it as a derisive catch-all for anything conceivably liberal or simply empathetic.
- greenie_beans 2y agobut don't you think an essay titled "the origins of wokeness" should consider that definition?
- antifa 2y agoThe second definition is a gentrification of the first definition. It has everything to do with how it's used today.