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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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[-] Wilco@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 month ago

Saying a person is woke is like saying they are not a mindless sheep going through life asleep at the wheel.

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Yeah seriously I'll never understand how it's an insult. Conservatives call having empathy "woke" and I'm like "yes, yes it is woke. Your point?".

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago

it's basically everything you need to know about them

[-] IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

But they call people on the left sheep? How can this be true? /s

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