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I'm Proud to be "Woke" (Original Post)
Beachnutt
Mar 2023
OP
I love taking these terms the rights uses as a pejorative against us then defining them
LymphocyteLover
Mar 2023
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SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)1. Social conscience is a good indicator of sound mental health.
Speaks volumes about histrionic qpukes.
LymphocyteLover
(5,644 posts)2. I love taking these terms the rights uses as a pejorative against us then defining them
properly and taking them as a point of pride
eShirl
(18,490 posts)3. I know I'd rather be woke...
than sleepwalking off a cliff.
JPPaverage
(508 posts)7. Hey that's a good one
I'm going to use it. Thank you.
niyad
(113,296 posts)4. My response to an charge of being "woke". "But. .you say that like it's a BAD thing",
puzzled tone.
spinbaby
(15,090 posts)5. Repugs have no idea what it means
The right is just using "woke" to mean anything they dont like that they can be outraged about.
paleotn
(17,912 posts)6. Synonymous with being a decent human being. You're damn right I'm woke.
Diamond_Dog
(31,992 posts)8. I always think it means "basic human compassion."
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)9. Isn't the opposite of woke - ignorant?
The MAGAts seem to revel in their know nothing stupidity.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,463 posts)10. Wide awake too
But I am so tired of republicans and thier fascist bullshit.
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)11. K/R
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,189 posts)12. I love the legal definition of woke
Paladin
(28,256 posts)13. As am I.
If scumbags like DeSantis don't like it, all the better.