• Maple Engineer@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    104
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    5 months ago

    Woke is an extremely useful term for identifying fascists, neo-fascists, christofascists, and their enablers and sympathizers. The moment you use the term “woke” unironically I know you’re a fucking idiot.

    • Limonene@lemmy.world
      cake
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      34
      ·
      5 months ago

      Woke used to be a positive term. It referred to people who had their point of view expanded or changed so that they felt more awake than they had before.

      Woke used to mean enlightenment.

    • uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      28
      ·
      5 months ago

      Woke used to mean aware of systemic mechanisms of privilege and oppression in society. I had to stop using it unironically because it turned into a white power derisive buzzword.

      To be fair, it still refers to awareness and sympathy for those who suffer from systemic injustice. It’s just wrong according to hate-driven pro-authoritarian movements to sympathize with outsiders.

      Current use of woke as a term of contempt is an admission if bigotry.

      • Maple Engineer@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        5 months ago

        I know what woke means. I call myself woke. I also call myself progressive and a socialist. The fact that they snear those words at us and use them to cause moral panic among the dumpth doesn’t change that.