TinFoilHatPreacherBear said:
Libs think that they're so clever when they ask people to define woke. It's kinda a trendy stupid thing they do which proves nothing but makes them feel smug.
Truth is most people have a hard time describing broad terms. If one were to ask anyone to define broad descriptive terms like masculine or feminine they couldn't do it effectively without looking to a dictionary. But most people could define/describe it by giving examples or characteristics of masculinity or femininity. Defining woke is no different, it is easier to define by examples and characteristics.
Now as for woke libs, they have a hard time even defining something as simple as what is a woman, but the wokies gonna get mad that others can't recite an official Websters dictionary definition of "woke". Whatever.
From the Websters dictionary (online):
"aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)"To be honest, I don't see a lot to be against that. Now, if you blow it up to mean everything you are against, I guess you can do that. On the other side, some are doing more than what the definition says.
Seems to me however that if when I was growing up in the 50s and 60s had we been a little "woke" back then there is a good chance we wouldn't be seeing the problems we see today, at least not to the extent we see them. Most people didn't care about such things then, unless they were ones that were on the short end of the stick.
I have seen a lot of injustice during my life. Laws have been changed over that time to "officially" level the playing field. But the problem as I see it is that people are still the ones who have to apply the law. Laws don't change people's internal feelings about something. I see plenty of people with the same biases and actions today as I saw back then. Unfortunately, I sometimes get trapped into that as well, despite how hard I try to avoid it. The laws don't mean anything if the people who have the power to apply them don't want to or can't apply them. Too many people's attitudes about themselves in relationship to others is no better now than before.
Bottom line, IMO, in how it is used today, it is a lame term that is a crutch to addressing the real issues that some want to avoid having to admit, address or discuss.