Being "woke" is to be aware of prevailing social issues. According to Wikipedia it was BLM that made it popular around the time of the Ferguson protests.
When conservatives try to use woke as a pejorative, they're really trying their best to make it uncool to be woke. And thus keep the general public from investigating these social issues.
It's all PR and marketing of the issue to them as well as to the libs.
It's all PR and marketing of the issue to them as well as to the libs.
All basically part of the divide and conquer culture wars that convince working people that we are each other's enemies, rather than the oligarchs that keep us fighting each other. And it has been working like a charm for thousands of years.
Being "woke" is to be aware of prevailing social issues. According to Wikipedia it was BLM that made it popular around the time of the Ferguson protests.
When conservatives try to use woke as a pejorative, they're really trying their best to make it uncool to be woke. And thus keep the general public from investigating these social issues.
It's all PR and marketing of the issue to them as well as to the libs.
It's also a thought stopping phrase as the liberals and right wing have so many.
All basically part of the divide and conquer culture wars that convince working people that we are each other's enemies, rather than the oligarchs that keep us fighting each other. And it has been working like a charm for thousands of years.