They like to use phrases from the left, and then hammer them until they become pejoratives. It’s effective as propaganda, I’ll give them that. But that’s all it is.
The phrase means that you’ve become aware of systemic injustice. How horrible. It’s used by the young, because it’s usually in the late teens and early 20s that people go, “Oh, crap, look at this.”
Conservatives use “woke” as the current epithet of choice because it’s black slang, so there’s a racial component to the attack too. And they know racially tinged attacks work. Because race isn’t an issue anymore, of course.
Conservatives oppose being aware.
They like to use phrases from the left, and then hammer them until they become pejoratives. It’s effective as propaganda, I’ll give them that. But that’s all it is.
The phrase means that you’ve become aware of systemic injustice. How horrible. It’s used by the young, because it’s usually in the late teens and early 20s that people go, “Oh, crap, look at this.”
Conservatives use “woke” as the current epithet of choice because it’s black slang, so there’s a racial component to the attack too. And they know racially tinged attacks work. Because race isn’t an issue anymore, of course.