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Swede

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10. Polite is agreeing to disagree?
Fri Jun 27, 2025, 10:41 AM
Jun 2025

Woke definition on wiki: Woke is an adjective derived from African-American English used since the 1930s or earlier to refer to awareness of racial prejudice and discrimination, often in the construction stay woke. The term acquired political connotations by the 1970s and gained further popularity in the 2010s with the hashtag #staywoke. Over time, woke came to be used to refer to a broader awareness of social inequalities such as sexism and denial of LGBTQ rights. Woke has also been used as shorthand for some ideas of the American Left involving identity politics and social justice, such as white privilege and reparations for slavery in the United States.

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He is 100% right newdeal2 Jun 2025 #1
Punching down is never funny. Swede Jun 2025 #2
They'll just punch down lower... Hugin Jun 2025 #4
Satire punches up. Bullies punch down Torchlight Jun 2025 #3
Exactly right. FalloutShelter Jun 2025 #7
Are Jewish jokes punching up or punching down? Seeking Serenity Jun 2025 #23
I can only answer for myself. Torchlight Jun 2025 #24
I love Marc Maron, have since Air America. Mark and Marc saved me ms liberty Jun 2025 #5
GWB -- I'm the worst US president ever! DJT -- Hold my beer! OMGWTF Jun 2025 #17
Thank you Mark. FalloutShelter Jun 2025 #6
Question: Phormio Jun 2025 #8
Polite is agreeing to disagree? Swede Jun 2025 #10
Woke does not really mean anything hot2na Jun 2025 #11
"woke" means being aware and awake... judy Jun 2025 #13
This has a whiff of trolling. Is that how you meant it? Duncan Grant Jun 2025 #18
Trolling. WTF hot2na Jun 2025 #25
Glad I asked. Duncan Grant Jun 2025 #27
Response: What do you think the difference is? Torchlight Jun 2025 #16
I get your meaning. At its most basic, woke is treating people the way they have requested to be treated. And Scrivener7 Jun 2025 #21
Bill Mahr is one of the worst hot2na Jun 2025 #9
The thing is there isn't much comedy in any of it JI7 Jun 2025 #12
The reason I turned away from Mahr. Martin68 Jun 2025 #14
Yes I've seen the supposed "humor" from these moniss Jun 2025 #15
I wish he would call those comics out by name ... they deserve to be shamed FakeNoose Jun 2025 #19
I was a kid when I first saw Rickles Qutzupalotl Jun 2025 #22
Swede........... Upthevibe Jun 2025 #20
Don't know who he's talking about. maxsolomon Jun 2025 #26
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