Thanks to the commenter who reminded me that it's not bad to be reminded that the term is only a pejorative because conservative racists made it so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke#20th_century

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[+] -10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Being neither is an option.

You don't have to play the games the social media companies want you to.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    you know woke as a term and signifier predates the industrial revolution, right? the sentiment shared in the post doesn't have anything to do with social media. being indifferent to woke, anti-woke sentiments is ultimately anti-woke and reflects poorly on the holder of that stance

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    According to wikipedia it was already a known term in the 1860's. But that's a hundred years after the industrial revolution started. Still a damn long time though.

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 1 year ago*

    I mean sure, you could ignore the struggles of others not like you and be like the the White Moderates in "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" - that is what most people do, no doubt.

    You don’t have to play the games the social media companies want you to.

    You might want to look at the link about the origin of the term.

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