I would recommend we stop using a term altogether and simply make our points. Words can always be deconstructed and redefined. The fact that we create and cling to them is our own fault. “Woke” was a term created by the Left and redefined by the Right. It’s very frustrating to me how we’ve totally cooperated with way the Right is redefining the term by responding to it as though they have a legit understanding of it. Which we have done simply by responding. So many of us are like “they don’t know what it means!” But they do. We defined it for them, and now we just don’t like that they’re using it to attack us. The definition of “woke” is “liberal bullshit.” And it has meaning to all conservatives; the fact that liberals think it’s meaningless doesn’t matter. We don’t even use the term anymore, because we’ve acquiesced to the conservative definition. That means they’ve won, with respect to that specific term. So, stop using it. Let them have it. Move on.
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skisnow@lemmy.ca 3 weeks agoWhat would you have us use instead then? They were going after “empathy” last month. No matter what word you choose, Nazis are gonna Nazi.
the_wiz@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Could we please stop calling this mediocre LARPers Nazis? My grandfather was a Nazi, party book, SA uniform and all… and he would be ashamed of the MAGAs et. al.