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maxsolomon

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33. I means that one group's oppression is prioritized over another's.

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 15, 2023, 01:40 PM

Mar 2023

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I've heard far-right cranks like Boebert say it. to paraphrase: woke is telling white children that black people are better than them.

So much of RW messaging is telling working-class whites that they are getting the shaft, that the poors and the minorities and the minorities are stealing their stuff.

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This is an example why journalists must ask RWers what "woke" means [View all] Nevilledog Mar 2023 OP

"You can take your time"...Love it! LoisB Mar 2023 #1

Throw "woke" around, yet you can't explain it! LakeVermilion Mar 2023 #2

When I Google The Definition Of Woke I Interpret It As Being Very Positive With Respect To.... global1 Mar 2023 #27

create hierarchies of oppression lapfog_1 Mar 2023 #3

As Joseph Goebbels would say BOSSHOG Mar 2023 #11

I means that one group's oppression is prioritized over another's. maxsolomon Mar 2023 #33

"This is one of those moments that's going to go viral" Docreed2003 Mar 2023 #4

Woke defined: Baitball Blogger Mar 2023 #5

let's make it simple for repukes Skittles Mar 2023 #8

Hurray! I'm woke! FoxNewsSucks Mar 2023 #13

PROUDLY WOKE Skittles Mar 2023 #17

Excellent! Stinky The Clown Mar 2023 #28

Yep Rebl2 Mar 2023 #6

Here you go, dearie - put "enlightened" in Dictionary.com... 3catwoman3 Mar 2023 #7

they don't want to say "sensitivity or awareness of systemic injustice" RussBLib Mar 2023 #9

There! Was that so hard to do? gratuitous Mar 2023 #10

I counted six? Abolishinist Mar 2023 #14

Oh, you libruls! gratuitous Mar 2023 #18

Always willing to compromise, I am. Abolishinist Mar 2023 #20

That was the most beautiful trap I've ever seen laid out. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2023 #22

A real gotcha question gratuitous Mar 2023 #25

Mandel just defined "Critical Woke Theory" Zambero Mar 2023 #12

CWT vs CRT .... Got it ✔️ live love laugh Mar 2023 #19

Perfect description elias7 Mar 2023 #21

Woke is now a trigger word kimbutgar Mar 2023 #15

Give her 40 years then she'll be able to define it Cheezoholic Mar 2023 #16

She wrote an entire chapter on it?? Grins Mar 2023 #23

Uh, uhm, it's hard to explain.. jerseyjim Mar 2023 #24

I live in Barbara Lee's district Zilli Mar 2023 #26

Fucking idiot canetoad Mar 2023 #29

She claims she and her coauthor "spent a chapter defining" what woke means. ShazzieB Mar 2023 #30

Kicketty Kickin' Faux pas Mar 2023 #31

Opposite of WOKE is "Asleep At The Wheel" KS Toronado Mar 2023 #32

You got to wonder who spends their time watching this crap. Initech Mar 2023 #34

Well, she was right about it going viral. About the only thing this woman is right about. n/t Liberal In Texas Mar 2023 #35