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Though it could be argued Mr. Rogers was woke. That would, however, make it hard to argue woke is a bad thing.
that’s because “wokeism” has become a right wing dogwhistle for basically ‘anything that forces us to confront our shitty and outdated ideas’.
They did the same thing with "social justice" before that and "political correctness" before that. Words don't mean the same thing to conservatives.
Whether woke is good or bad depends entirely on how it's defined. I generally see it as an antithesis to ignorance. So a combination of both educated and rational thinking.
Sometimes it describes things that are educated and irrational thinking, which is ironically what the right does a lot. Basically fear mongering.
Then you just use the two interchangeably to make it sound like rational observations are radical.
Well, your first definition is the original one. The second one is the disingenuous one conservatives use. They did the same thing with "social justice" and "political correctness". Conservatives never come up with anything or good, they just ruin shit.
Oh I know. But even then they're intentionally inconsistent so the good and bad gets mixed in together.
"some people suck". That is the unfortunate truth of any society. But all my examples started as good things. Shitty people stirred shit into them. It has to be said that people who actively fight progressive movements are assholes. Any history book can tell you that, if they don't burn it first.