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samsingh

(18,469 posts) Mon Jan 30, 2023, 11:38 AM Jan 2023

republicans are cancelling the word 'woke' and are too stupid or hypocritical

to realize that complaining about cancel culture and then cancelling words like 'woke','liberal', and 'gay' ARE cancel culture

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republicans are cancelling the word 'woke' and are too stupid or hypocritical (Original Post) samsingh Jan 2023 OP

The stupidity is necessary to enable the hypocrisy Walleye Jan 2023 #1

Well put samsingh Jan 2023 #2

I use the word a lot as a compliment and wear the label proudly. Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #3

Strange word to use as a pejorative. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2023 #4

There are some good books on this... lame54 Jan 2023 #5

The anti-woke thing has gotten dull Johonny Jan 2023 #6

Walleye

(45,410 posts)

1. The stupidity is necessary to enable the hypocrisy

Reply to samsingh (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2023, 11:48 AM

Jan 2023

samsingh

(18,469 posts)

2. Well put

Reply to Walleye (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 30, 2023, 12:07 PM

Jan 2023

Scrivener7

(60,065 posts)

3. I use the word a lot as a compliment and wear the label proudly.

Reply to samsingh (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2023, 01:19 PM

Jan 2023

But I take your point about their lapses in logic.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,564 posts)

4. Strange word to use as a pejorative.

Reply to samsingh (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2023, 01:44 PM

Jan 2023

What's their preferred opposite state? Asleep? Being a zombie? A sheeple?

lame54

(40,085 posts)

5. There are some good books on this...

Reply to samsingh (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2023, 03:26 PM

Jan 2023

But you are not allowed to read them

Johonny

(26,590 posts)

6. The anti-woke thing has gotten dull

Reply to samsingh (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2023, 05:28 PM

Jan 2023

Literally the user comments on any movie, TV show etc . . . is dominated by fans complaining about wokeness ruining said item to the point it is no longer clear what they're even complaining about.

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