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NullTuples

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28. I wish we would fight this w/o helping the GOP appropriate another Black term.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Dec 18, 2022, 02:13 PM

Dec 2022

"Woke" is a term that originated in Black American vernacular. It refers to not getting so comfortable that you forget you are still a target of oppression.

By boosting the way Republicans are using it, we're helping them appropriate and erase a term used to fight against them.

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I have the virus. [View all] kpete Dec 2022 OP

If only *this* virus would go pandemic intrepidity Dec 2022 #1

Greedy, mean, and stupid is no way to go through life, son EYESORE 9001 Dec 2022 #2

"....met with scorn and derision." Especially, from many who,........ jaxexpat Dec 2022 #20

It makes you a beautiful, kind and compassionate PuraVidaDreamin Dec 2022 #3

Me too malaise Dec 2022 #4

There is no remedy for it, either, I hear DFW Dec 2022 #5

on the media, NY PBS show just had a show about nostalgia."woke" is perinea, just a diff name. pansypoo53219 Dec 2022 #6

Perfect! Evolve Dammit Dec 2022 #7

❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️ Lucinda Dec 2022 #8

I think it's terminal liberal N proud Dec 2022 #9

love it llashram Dec 2022 #10

I'd revise number 9 Shermann Dec 2022 #11

K & R...nt Wounded Bear Dec 2022 #12

Hell yea, Where do I sign? nt Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 #13

Glad you're feeling sane. Kid Berwyn Dec 2022 #14

Life is so full of ups and downs, kpete Dec 2022 #19

glad there are more of us. Mr. Steve Dec 2022 #15

I have it, as well. And have no intention of recovering. niyad Dec 2022 #16

That explains much. I'm Stage IV terminal.! PufPuf23 Dec 2022 #17

We need a woke pandemic dlk Dec 2022 #18

Damn, now I've got it! spanone Dec 2022 #21

Kick. MontanaMama Dec 2022 #22

K&R. nt c-rational Dec 2022 #23

I have seen the Doctor. She ran every test they could think of and the results were conclusive. Ford_Prefect Dec 2022 #24

Amen, ++ appalachiablue Dec 2022 #26

Lifetime case here, & I think it can be hereditary. Great post!! :) appalachiablue Dec 2022 #25

If you are not WOKE (and I hate that term), you are MISANTHROPIC Bo Zarts Dec 2022 #27

I wish we would fight this w/o helping the GOP appropriate another Black term. NullTuples Dec 2022 #28

But oh those poor people who have the "plague" that eats your brain first then leaves you a walking Samrob Dec 2022 #29

Me too The Third Doctor Dec 2022 #30

like republianmushroom Dec 2022 #31

Yup, 10 symptoms, 10 checks. n/t TygrBright Dec 2022 #32

INDEED Skittles Dec 2022 #33

I must have it too. I recycle. pwb Dec 2022 #34

I have it too. mgardener Dec 2022 #35

Same here LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2022 #36

Guilty as charged. calimary Dec 2022 #37

I plead guilty your honor. Please do not Enoki33 Dec 2022 #38

Dammit you scared me! Thought you had covid. Well, spread what ya got. :) Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2022 #39

A Pinko Commie Liberal n/t. airplaneman Dec 2022 #40

KnR. n/t iluvtennis Dec 2022 #41

That is one virus that needs spread nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #42

:) That makes me a liberal too. Hortensis Dec 2022 #43

I don't know if it has genetic implications.......... mjvpi Dec 2022 #44

I know what you mean, I was a liberal having grown up in the 60s FakeNoose Dec 2022 #45

I like the list, I just don't like the term "woke" elias7 Dec 2022 #46

Me too. I got it from my parents. They inoculated me, and my brothers, before we could think on... FailureToCommunicate Dec 2022 #47