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(12,667 posts)But in the mental acuity meaning....
global1
(26,507 posts)Dems.
When I hear Repugs, Fox News & DeSantis using the term woke - they are actually using it because they are 'anti-woke' and using it to slam Dems for being woke.
For Repugs it is just a made up word that is thrown out there as a negative. Dems have 'empathy and compassion for the poor; for women's rights; LGBTQ; all minorities - which the Repugs define those characteristics as negative. Repugs don't exhibit empathy and compassion for no one - only the rich.
The use of the term by Repugs just confuses the issue and I don't even think many Repugs understand the term themselves and are confused.
I think we should come up with a term that Dems can use to slam Repugs and their lack of empathy and compassion; their war on diversity and education. We should call them 'Cech' (pronounced keck). I made that word up by combining 'criminal and yech'. Yech is distasteful.
So from now on I'm going to be calling DeSantis; Fox News talking heads; Repug's in Congress (House and Senate); Conservative talk show hosts; and all their followers (like MAGA's; etc = Cech.
Again - I made the word up to counteract their 'anti-woke' use of the term woke - and I will use it as a negative word to describe them and their attitudes.
I hope you DU'ers join me in calling them 'Cech' - when they throw the negative connotation of the word 'woke' at us.
Escurumbele
(4,094 posts)NullTuples
(6,017 posts)SilasSouleII
(486 posts)NullTuples
(6,017 posts)marybourg
(13,640 posts)republianmushroom
(22,325 posts)soldierant
(9,354 posts)when he's capable of - not just this, but other penetrating observations.
I remember him as being the first to got out - but never did understand how he got in.
griffi94
(3,830 posts)That's the name of the book he authored about his time in the Nixon Administration.
soldierant
(9,354 posts)wiggs
(8,812 posts)pertains to just racism or other similar social injustices. Seems like it could include a whole host of issues such as climate, environment, regulation, safety nets in general, assholes running for office, etc.. Has to do with whether or not your eyes and ears are open and available.
HardPort
(1,474 posts)LAS14
(15,506 posts)drmeow
(5,989 posts)that was going to be exactly my response!
MayReasonRule
(4,099 posts)yardwork
(69,364 posts)bluboid
(845 posts)RexLipton
(110 posts)That pretty much sums it up!
Hope22
(4,746 posts)Takket
(23,715 posts)Poiuyt
(18,272 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)SouthernDem4ever
(6,619 posts)Describes repugs perfectly.
malaise
(296,098 posts)Rec
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Alice Kramden
(2,951 posts)EarnestPutz
(2,843 posts)Alice Kramden
(2,951 posts)Marcuse
(9,010 posts)Alice Kramden
(2,951 posts)It didn't occur to me at the time that I chose that name - I just liked that character when I was a kid. She had snappy answers, which I wished I had
LeftinOH
(5,648 posts)orleans
(36,914 posts)Seinan Sensei
(1,545 posts)The bartender looks up and says, "Is this some kind of joke?"
orleans
(36,914 posts)mwb970
(12,150 posts)Amazing.
BaronChocula
(4,554 posts)he would adjust the logarithms so the search results weren't so "polarizing." Glad Zuckerberg doesn't own Open AI.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)It's a word that's fallen out of style, but we can bring it back for these childish yammerers.
IcyPeas
(25,475 posts)Grokenstein
(6,356 posts)How about "sociopath?"
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Martin68
(27,741 posts)czarjak
(13,639 posts)burrowowl
(18,494 posts)live love laugh
(16,383 posts)MayReasonRule
(4,099 posts)I'll honestly be surprised if we do not see that come about rather quickly.
Any methodology that employs facts in evidence to surmise a reasoned outcome will always be skewed against the delusional malevolence that is Y'all Qaeda's Nat-C Fascist GOP.
Next up, GOP prods removal of Physics from Nationwide Curriculum, as all the laws of Physics are inherently "woke" and discriminate against their "closely held beliefs"...
I seriously would not put it past them, I've got MAGAs all around me that are telling their children not to go to university because it would make them stupid.
Here's to the ouroboros quickly finishing their meals...
May reason rule.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,685 posts)Embrace the word "woke"! I think it was a mistake for the Right to center their 2024 platform on this word.
Instead of simply ignoring the word when it comes up, disassociating yourself with it.....take it on!
I'll bet that if you didn't let the Right interpret it for you...which they can't anyways....and instead of trying to distance from the word, wear it, interpret it for yourself, and show how out of touch Rs are with their own Cancel Culture and bigotry.