• @kautau@lemmy.world
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    94 months ago

    “Anti-woke”

    Oxford English Dictionary for woke:

    Originally: well-informed, up-to-date. Now chiefly: alert to racial or social discrimination and injustice;

    Then I tried to look up the definition for “progressive” in the OED

    In any case, Google gave me:

    (of a group, person, or idea) favoring or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas

    Followed by the antonym, regressive

    becoming less advanced; returning to a former or less developed state

    So, to make sure we’re all on the same page here, “anti-woke” means returning to a less developed state. And while that should be obvious to those who realize the right wants female homemakers, policies to end any LGBTQ+ rights, and a country with defined classism and racism, to many it’s just a tribalist sign post everyone supporting them wants to write their name on.

    • @barsquid@lemmy.world
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      44 months ago

      Yes. But Repubs don’t think about what they are reading or writing. The propaganda gets them to attach that word with any other concept of the brainwashers’ choice.

      If you do a word association game with Repubs and toss out “woke” they will immediately say “mob.” Some of them cannot even write or say “woke” alone without adding “mob,” it is so ingrained.

      You (correctly) imagine “woke” to be regarding awareness about discrimination and (likely) working to stop injustice. Repubs imagine “woke mob BLM Antifa invaders razing cities.” Well, “raze,” is probably above their reading comprehension level, but you get the idea.