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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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[-] four@lemmy.zip 37 points 1 week ago

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

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

Because super smash brothers is woke

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

Fuck yeah it is.

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