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

"Drawing Bayesian inferences after extensive sampling, I've determined that it's 99-percent certain that anyone who uses 'woke' as pejorative will turn out to be a fuckhead. Please don't blame me for pointing this out—it's just science." — Mike Godwin

[-] Franconian_Nomad@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

That would be a good print for a t-shirt.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Hey, that's just name calling. It's better to describe them by what they actually are: narcissistic, egocentric, racist, homophobic, misogynistic, narrow minded haters.

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

1000% correct

[-] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Can we really reach MAGA racists with memes like this? Where’s the conversation about actually helping them awaken?

[-] drhodl@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I'd offer to help you but I need to change my cat's litter.

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