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And what the hell does woke mean anyway?
Fortunately for everyone, they had to define "woke" during a court case.
So there we have it. Recognizing the flaws in the justice system is woke.
If they actually have that level of self-awareness, which I doubt they all do, then we should just reclaim the term. As in, “Yeah, I’m woke. Fuck you”.
That's what it used to mean until DeSantis and his ilk intentionally abused the term to mean anything they don't like from the left.
Remember this? https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/03/16/anti-woke-author-who-cant-define-woke-goes-viral/
For all their faults lawyers tend to speak the truth when they get into court. The risk of losing their profession is all too real.
It means that you're aware of the social and racial issues that exist in America and the world. So to be anti-woke means to be willingly ignorant.
Everytime I see or hear "woke" I mentally replace it with compassion/ate to get a true gauge of what the speaker really feels.
I remember the time they called it woke to learn empathy for others in school.
They truly are the "fick you, i got mine" generation.
Something about "cultural Marxists" sapping and impurifying our precious bodily fluids
I read Ryan Newman’s definition and was all, “yup. I’m woke, baybeeeee.”
Edit: replied to the wrong post, sorry
They mean left