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BumRushDaShow

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27. Huh?

Sun Jun 5, 2022, 11:09 AM

Jun 2022

Like so many other things, it's something (a cultural slang term) that the white community TOOK from the black community, and then ran in all kinds of directions with it.

(unless you forgot the sarcasm thingy)

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"woke" [View all] kpete Jun 2022 OP

They say woke because they're ashamed to say what they really want Walleye Jun 2022 #1

this x 1000 Ferrets are Cool Jun 2022 #5

They think they're being cute like a 6th grader. Mr. Evil Jun 2022 #13

Bingo - and your key word is immature. c-rational Jun 2022 #23

K & R...nt Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #2

"woke" always reminds me of a short story I wrote years ago nuxvomica Jun 2022 #3

Holy shit vercetti2021 Jun 2022 #7

Well they are asleep alright KS Toronado Jun 2022 #9

"sheepers" erronis Jun 2022 #12

Sleepers, Sheepers, Where'd you get those peepers? KS Toronado Jun 2022 #21

And they have curiously latched on to the "sleepy Joe" meme nuxvomica Jun 2022 #14

Oh no, please don't call them "sleepers." Grokenstein Jun 2022 #43

Sounds like a plan! Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #18

Are you a fan of the great SF writer Iain Banks ? Pluvious Jun 2022 #28

I've never read Banks but I'll check it out nuxvomica Jun 2022 #33

Here is the info on the specific novel... Pluvious Jun 2022 #50

K and R Ferrets are Cool Jun 2022 #4

Exactly. niyad Jun 2022 #6

K&R Thanks for posting. n/t TeamProg Jun 2022 #8

And they don't believe in those things either. paleotn Jun 2022 #10

woke, as in vlyons Jun 2022 #11

'Woke' is a good thing. Mr. Evil Jun 2022 #15

👍 Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #19

Lol Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #16

And Compassionate Maine Abu El Banat Jun 2022 #17

Some people use the word H1B IronLionZion Jun 2022 #20

Some Trumper said recently to avoid woke food and woke gasoline. KentuckyWoman Jun 2022 #22

All Dems should be firmly against "woke" (and for the other things) gulliver Jun 2022 #24

"Woke" did used to mean something for liberals, before the racist RWNJs co-opted it FakeNoose Jun 2022 #25

Huh? BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #27

I'm not sure of where it comes from gulliver Jun 2022 #29

I'm not sure why you think it's bad. panader0 Jun 2022 #30

Well, who's awake? gulliver Jun 2022 #31

I told you where it came from BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #32

Well, that's just one person saying something, no offense gulliver Jun 2022 #34

The term was being bandied about by black millennials like my 30-some year old nieces BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #35

Why don't you try researching that then meadowlander Jun 2022 #51

Nope, it's obvious to the casual observer that it is bad gulliver Jun 2022 #52

Wise people strive to do something about how dumb they are. meadowlander Jun 2022 #53

How do you know your new understanding is higher and not lower? gulliver Jun 2022 #54

I didn't understand something. And now I do. meadowlander Jun 2022 #55

I first heard the term many years ago used by Black musicians Ron Green Jun 2022 #36

My question is usually... gulliver Jun 2022 #37

Don't let Republicans tell you what to do, Ron Green Jun 2022 #59

WTAF? BarackTheVote Jun 2022 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author RestoreAmerica2020 Jun 2022 #49

lol what on earth WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2022 #42

Ask them if 'coming to Christ' would be 'woke'. keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #26

Using messaging to substitute for good writing does not serve the message. BrightKnight Jun 2022 #38

It really ticks me off how the foul conservatives took over that word... Catherine Vincent Jun 2022 #39

I embrace "Social Justice Warrior" as well. hunter Jun 2022 #41

Social Justice Warrior BarackTheVote Jun 2022 #45

Labels proudly embraced. hunter Jun 2022 #46

Woke, as opposed to...? czarjak Jun 2022 #44

Unconscious IronLionZion Jun 2022 #58

There ya go! This absolutely, positively, and definitely! calimary Jun 2022 #47

"Woke" means any opinion that doesn't fall 100% within what the Fox / MAGA cult wants. Initech Jun 2022 #48

It's the new "Libtard", but shorter and easier to pronounce . . . hatrack Jun 2022 #56

Sick burn Loki Liesmith Jun 2022 #57