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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by octopus_ink@slrpnk.net to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

Thanks to the commenter who reminded me that it's not bad to be reminded that the term is only a pejorative because conservative racists made it so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke#20th_century

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[-] Blob9994@piefed.mitch.science 35 points 1 month ago

I think it's wild that the word 'woke' entirely replaced the selective outrage on the 2010s over "CRT," a bogyman that most white conservatives still cannot define.

[-] four@lemmy.zip 38 points 1 month ago

My stupid ass: "why did the conservatives have an issue with Cathode Ray Tube TVs?"

[-] Blob9994@piefed.mitch.science 9 points 1 month ago

Lol, yeah that was constantly the problem I had back then, especially since MAGA was using "CRT" as the scare word, and not nothing to mention that it means "Critical Race Theory," a phrase well in-line with other subjects in other fields, like Biblical Critical Theory.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Because super smash brothers is woke

[-] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Fuck yeah it is.

[-] Charapaso@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

See also: politically correct (PC) and social justice warrior (SJW)...all just fancy ways to call someone a commie pinko bleeding heart socialist. The Red Scare never really stopped, and neither did the Lavender Scare

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