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samsingh

(17,599 posts) Mon Jan 30, 2023, 11:38 AM Jan 2023

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republicans are cancelling the word 'woke' and are too stupid or hypocritical

to realize that complaining about cancel culture and then cancelling words like 'woke','liberal', and 'gay' ARE cancel culture

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republicans are cancelling the word 'woke' and are too stupid or hypocritical (Original Post) samsingh Jan 2023 OP

The stupidity is necessary to enable the hypocrisy Walleye Jan 2023 #1

Well put samsingh Jan 2023 #2

I use the word a lot as a compliment and wear the label proudly. Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #3

Strange word to use as a pejorative. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2023 #4

There are some good books on this... lame54 Jan 2023 #5

The anti-woke thing has gotten dull Johonny Jan 2023 #6

Walleye

(31,028 posts)

1. The stupidity is necessary to enable the hypocrisy

Reply to samsingh (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2023, 11:48 AM

Jan 2023

samsingh

(17,599 posts)

2. Well put

Reply to Walleye (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 30, 2023, 12:07 PM

Jan 2023

Scrivener7

(50,955 posts)

3. I use the word a lot as a compliment and wear the label proudly.

Reply to samsingh (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2023, 01:19 PM

Jan 2023

But I take your point about their lapses in logic.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,504 posts)

4. Strange word to use as a pejorative.

Reply to samsingh (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2023, 01:44 PM

Jan 2023

What's their preferred opposite state? Asleep? Being a zombie? A sheeple?

lame54

(35,293 posts)

5. There are some good books on this...

Reply to samsingh (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2023, 03:26 PM

Jan 2023

But you are not allowed to read them

Johonny

(20,851 posts)

6. The anti-woke thing has gotten dull

Reply to samsingh (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2023, 05:28 PM

Jan 2023

Literally the user comments on any movie, TV show etc . . . is dominated by fans complaining about wokeness ruining said item to the point it is no longer clear what they're even complaining about.

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