Comment on Why do people call it “woke”?
meejle@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
It’s from African-American English, from the 1930s! And it’s always had more or less the same meaning – originally “being awake to (aware of) racial discrimination”, but now it’s obviously grown to cover discrimination and inequalities in general.
Would that imply that things that are not “woke” or are “anti-woke” are “asleep”?
Yep! 👍 But don’t forget, these people are also against Antifa, i.e. “anti anti-fascist”. They don’t care how bad the labels sound, as long as they’re making people’s lives miserable.
MeowWeHaveAProblem@toast.ooo 11 hours ago
You mean anti-fascist, not the double negative? That might be an important typo. 🙂
just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
No typo. OP is saying that “these people” are anti-antiFascists.
MeowWeHaveAProblem@toast.ooo 11 hours ago
Your right. I read your post wrong! Sorry.
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
No that’s quite accurate, they are against antifa. For example, Fox News hates antifa. They regularly call them a terrorist organization, use them as a pejorative or a bogeyman to dismiss protests or opinions. One could reasonably conclude they are very anti-antifa, making them anti-anti-fascist. This is indeed a double negative, which can be confusing and even misleading. If you seek to clarify the situation by removing the “anti-anti-” double negative, what does that make them?
… that’s correct, “fascist”.
Does that clarify things at all? Yes, I think it does. Interesting.