Can someone define "Woke" for me?

[Mac1958]

For me it's the use of narratives. Both sides have their manipulators who have their narratives that they're forcing people to accept, otherwise they're [insert insult]. People are too ignorant to get that this is what is happening, or too ignorant to be able to fight it. They think they're fighting it, but they're actually doing it.

I saw an opinion about three years ago that sent a chill up my spine: It has been so long since we approached problems and issues like normal, intelligent adults that we have literally lost the capacity to do so.

Hopefully that's wrong.

 

[there4eyeM]

"Woke" is a past tense verb. Misused as an adjective, it is part of an agenda to take control of language and use it ideologically.

 

[fncceo]

But can anyone tell me exactly what the term means?

The opposite of asleep.

 

[WinterBorn]

HOW DO YOU FIGURE? The Left are doing all of the woke stuff! Are you seriously going to stand there and tell us you don't see any difference between the democrats of today vs. five-ten years ago? Thirty years ago? Fifty years ago???

Oh I can tell the difference. But my comment still stands.

 

[WinterBorn]

I don't hate them. Neither do I plan to let them have the ground, unfought.

What ground? Gay marriage? Women running their own lives?

 

[JGalt]

"Woke" has become the new boogieman for the alt-right. I know the term is used to cover numerous things they dislike.

But can anyone tell me exactly what the term means?

"Woke" isn't new. It's just easier to say than "political correctness", but it means the same thing.

 

[ralfy]

Okay, and?

It challenges your explanation.

Don't ask to be spoonfed, even for sources you provide and don't bother to understand.

 

[frigidweirdo]

I saw an opinion about three years ago that sent a chill up my spine: It has been so long since we approached problems and issues like normal, intelligent adults that we have literally lost the capacity to do so.

Hopefully that's wrong.

You know it's not though.

 

[frigidweirdo]

It challenges your explanation.

Don't ask to be spoonfed, even for sources you provide and don't bother to understand.

The "Okay, and?" was me asking for what challenges my explanation. Literally you don't write your argument. I was giving a prompt, clearly went way over the head.

 

[HeyNorm]

From what I have seen, Woke seems to be aimed at same sex marriage, trannies, women deciding not to have kids, homosexuals, etc etc.

Kinda doubtful that any of those things will cause the collapse of the USA.


And some traditions should be ignored. Like women not being able to work outside the home, men being allowed to hit their wives because it is no one else's business, or forcing women to stay in marriages.

Correct, it is those who insist we must all accept as good, the decisions made by others, no matter how dumb those decisions are. But more than that, if you don’t accept, then you are to be dispatched.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

"Woke" has become the new boogieman for the alt-right. I know the term is used to cover numerous things they dislike.

But can anyone tell me exactly what the term means?

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Bait thread.





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[WinterBorn]

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Bait thread.





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It was not a bait thread. It was a question of what people think the term means.

It was prompted by someone posting a video of some YouTube guy saying our soldiers didn't die for a "Woke" nation.

 

[HeyNorm]

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Bait thread.





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Correction.

Master Bait thread.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

It was not a bait thread. It was a question of what people think the term means.

It was prompted by someone posting a video of some YouTube guy saying our soldiers didn't die for a "Woke" nation.

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Have you considered each definition's validity and thanked the person giving it for their input?

More importantly, did you ask the question in good faith or just to give you an opportunity to start a fight?

Think carefully. We've seen your posting history.




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[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Oh. Like MAGA?

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So MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN is "the most recent thing"? The equivalent of a fad?

This kind of entertainment is why I come here.

4 Times Michelle Obama Said We Should Make America Great Again

Michelle Obama's message has been more 'Make America Great Again' than 'Morning in America' in the past.

thefederalist.com

"Make America Great Again," like Reagan and Clinton

The past and future of the slogan.

www.psychologytoday.com

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[dblack]

"Woke" has become the new boogieman for the alt-right. I know the term is used to cover numerous things they dislike.

But can anyone tell me exactly what the term means?

It's just the latest manifestation of "PC".

 

[WinterBorn]

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Have you considered each definition's validity and thanked the person giving it for their input?

More importantly, did you ask the question in good faith or just to give you an opportunity to start a fight?

Think carefully. We've seen your posting history.




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I thanked several of the people, based on their answer.

And yes, I was asking the question in good faith. I genuinely want to know how people define the term.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I thanked several of the people, based on their answer.

And yes, I was asking the question in good faith. I genuinely want to know how people define the term.

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How convenient for you -- the forum gives you ample time to edit your posts.





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[WinterBorn]

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How convenient for you -- the forum gives you ample time to edit your posts.





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I don't think I edited any of my posts. If I did, I did it because I spelled a word wrong or because of a grammatical error.

 

[hjmick]

"Woke" has become the new boogieman for the alt-right. I know the term is used to cover numerous things they dislike.

But can anyone tell me exactly what the term means?

Well, WB, if I may paraphrase the distinguished Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart:

I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description ["woke"], and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it.