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[-] thecam@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Its not woke. If its been around for awhile, its not woke. Woke words are new made up words or words used in a context to prove a progressive point.

"Trigger" is a woke word when you say "Im so triggered by that". However in this context "Johnny, do not pull down that lever, it will trigger the breaker box" is not woke.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Woke words are new made up words or words used in a context to prove a progressive point.

So works (or phrases) like:

  • Civil rights Act of 1964
  • Equal Pay Act of 1963
  • Brown v. Bd. of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
  • Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967)
  • Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015)
[-] thecam@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Chill out dude. Im not going to argue with you Y'all on the internets.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Chill out? Did something about those progressive legal decisions offend you?

[-] dmonzel@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Looks like you were, indeed, triggered by that.

[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago

"Woke" is just another word to use to describe something that isn't conservative enough. There is nothing temporal about it these days.

If you think a word or action is bad, it's "woke". The word to describe someone who is not conservative enough is "librul".

The actual definitions or proper context does not matter to people who just parrot what they hear.

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

How long do you think the word woke, with any of the definitions (specifically the original), has been in use?

[-] thecam@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I do not know. I first heard the term back around 2019 I believe and I always used an "urban dictonary" definition.

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

So you have no idea what you are saying?

[-] thecam@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Uh, no...

Woke

Umbrella term for individuals who are engrossed by social justice and thinks of themselves as saviors with a moral high ground, but remain willfully ignorant to the irrationality of their claims and the problems they create. These individuals give special treatment to certain minorities in hopes of ending racism and perpetuate mental illnesses as the norm.

My son's woke kindergarten teacher taught him that he's actually a girl because he played with dolls.

by sealcake May 27, 2022

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Woke

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

Oh, so you are one of those people who think they aren't a useful idiot.

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