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32. Woke

Reply to carpetbagger (Reply #29)

Sun May 21, 2023, 10:52 AM

May 2023

Carpet bagger you are spot on.

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WOKE!!!!!! [View all] NanceGreggs May 2023 OP

Spot on, as always. niyad May 2023 #1

Sad thing, they will kill. The Grand Illuminist May 2023 #2

Which is why DeSantis has no chance as every other word... brush May 2023 #3

he thing is - People WOKE up malaise May 2023 #4

My understanding is the term "woke" arose out of the BLM movement, so when Gaugamela May 2023 #5

Way before that. ancianita May 2023 #17

Thank you for knowing this. I am always amused when people think this is some "new" term LoisB May 2023 #25

If our job to know "woke" history. That's what being woke means. ancianita May 2023 #26

That's the intent SouthBayDem May 2023 #51

They try to discredit everything that is a positive for others. LoisB May 2023 #52

Thanks for pointing out the history. I was talking about the term as the right uses Gaugamela May 2023 #28

Sure. I understand. ancianita May 2023 #30

You nailed it with equating "Woke" with "Empathy". I think that is the connection they hate. LiberalLovinLug May 2023 #38

As if Empathy isn't Ingram's only saving grace SomedayKindaLove May 2023 #56

At least one conservative friend isn't tongue tied. Tetrachloride May 2023 #6

'Woke' J_William_Ryan May 2023 #7

Yeah, it is downright Pavlovian. Still... PatrickforB May 2023 #8

We need to own "woke" and make this our theme song randr May 2023 #9

+1 ancianita May 2023 #19

+10 sarchasm May 2023 #27

Right? But AR-15's not so much. n/t msfiddlestix May 2023 #10

👆👆👆👍 rubbersole May 2023 #11

There reaches a point Sympthsical May 2023 #12

No one cares about the word? Elessar Zappa May 2023 #47

Social media are not real life Sympthsical May 2023 #48

This phenomenon is quaintly known as -- to borrow their own verb -- triggering the wingnuts. EOM rlegro May 2023 #13

GREAT thread! Goin' for broke on Woke! calimary May 2023 #14

Right on Nance! SouthernDem4ever May 2023 #15

They're so easily manipulated. llmart May 2023 #16

By her own statement, right wing heroine Ashli Babbit was WOKE! keithbvadu2 May 2023 #18

To non-MAGAts, 'woke' is a good thing. Beats the alternative, right? EYESORE 9001 May 2023 #20

My RWNJ brother-in-law thinks 'woke' means OMGWTF May 2023 #21

Geez, Louise! Is he related to Boebert, Marj the MAGAt or Louie Gohmert? LoisB May 2023 #46

When I hear someone use "Woke", I ask them what it means to them. COL Mustard May 2023 #22

WOKE not cruel, miserable, or cheap enough! Mopar151 May 2023 #57

Amen to that Joinfortmill May 2023 #23

Science of risk perception Dear_Prudence May 2023 #24

It means "******-lover" carpetbagger May 2023 #29

Woke The Butler May 2023 #32

I wish the term was defended more... judy May 2023 #31

I know cilla4progress May 2023 #33

While not using the word 'woke' BunnyMcGee May 2023 #34

Its Sunday!! Let me give this op a BIG AMEN Peacetrain May 2023 #35

Let it fly LetMyPeopleVote May 2023 #36

Woke. cilla4progress May 2023 #37

If a right winger asks you what 'woke' means::: keithbvadu2 May 2023 #39

I woke !!!!! up today GreenWave May 2023 #40

🙏 Deuxcents May 2023 #53

Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe May 2023 #41

It means liberty and justice for all. Marcuse May 2023 #42

It means truth. Simply. You nailed it Evolve Dammit May 2023 #43

Honestly I think our current political divide is between people with half a brain and ignorant ... jimlup May 2023 #44

Word. sheshe2 May 2023 #45

They did the same with samplegirl May 2023 #49

The GQP response when they hear "woke". roamer65 May 2023 #50

Dear Pavlov Dog Nation, SomedayKindaLove May 2023 #54

in the media had a show about WOKE. this is just the latest WORD/PHRASE that scares the right + pansypoo53219 May 2023 #55

Awesome post (and title) NanceGreggs!! C Moon May 2023 #58

K&R Emile May 2023 #59

Thank you! Catherine Vincent May 2023 #60

In one sense, being woke is being NOT brainwashed. KY_EnviroGuy May 2023 #61

lol +1 BeckyDem May 2023 #62