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[-] superkret@feddit.org 41 points 4 months ago
[-] josefo@leminal.space 37 points 4 months ago

that's why the word was invented, to replace the obvious intolerance for openness

[-] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Hahahah that's what they want you to think. Woke is from like the 60s. Do some research on it. It's pretty interesting.

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Actually in ancient etruscan...

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago

... person meant mask. If you call someone a person, you accuse them of playing a role. Fact.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago
[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 8 points 4 months ago

So it doesn't mean awake anymore?

[-] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Yeah he thinks it means whatever the fuck the American fat right media says it does.

[-] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Don’t you dare fix that typo.

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Especially when they get co-opted by Euro-Americans.

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 3 points 4 months ago

are you saying you're woke on the subject? I thought it was from rap culture.

[-] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 8 points 4 months ago

It's from black culture. You tell your friends to stay woke so that when the cops stop them for no good reason, they remember to treat the cop like a wild animal and be careful around them. If you're black and you treat a cop like a human being, you'll get shot. So you gotta stay woke.

[-] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

It's why the word was co-opted by the Far Right, and popularised as an insult. Otherwise they'd have to say "kind".

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

It actually comes from African-American culture and has a history that's several decades old.

[-] dan@upvote.au 11 points 4 months ago

I still haven't looked into what "woke" actually means, but from what I can tell, it seems to mean anything far-right people don't like.

[-] Soggy@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

In left-leaning spaces it means "cognizant of the injustice pervading society". On the right it means "uppity".

[-] nixcamic@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

cognizant of the injustice pervading society

I mean that's what it means to people on the right also they just think that's a bad thing.

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah, seems like "woke" is anything we're not supposed to approve of this month.

I do find the word "woke" incredibly useful.

The moment the word exits someone's mouth, I save a ton of energy on how to handle any further information they share (highly suspect).

Edit: I've actually discovered some great art and culture by being warned away from it's "wokeness", too.

this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2024
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