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Skittles

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25. think of it this way

Reply to Fla Dem (Reply #20)

Fri Jul 21, 2023, 07:34 PM

Jul 2023

they are white supremacists...they cannot literally CAMPAIGN on that, so, knowing how easily their base is manipulated, they come up with CODE WORDS. Here the code word WOKE is used as a SLUR, against, well, anything that is not PRO-WHITE

the reason repukes cannot define WOKE is because they know what it is - it simply means you're not a racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic asshole

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Best definition of Woke I ever heard [View all] kimbutgar Jul 2023 OP

Sloganized Pantagruel Jul 2023 #1

I like that BunnyMcGee Jul 2023 #3

+1 KS Toronado Jul 2023 #4

Well, to republicans and his Christians, Trump IS the new Messiah. keithbvadu2 Jul 2023 #9

Oh, that's good! PatrickforB Jul 2023 #10

Or just "Jesus was woke" Maraya1969 Jul 2023 #14

It's a "choose your own bigotry" term SledDriver Jul 2023 #2

So it's like George Orwell's take on Igel Jul 2023 #11

Trying to disparage the word "woke" was never going to go well for them. Ligyron Jul 2023 #5

Woke surfered Jul 2023 #6

thank you Skittles Jul 2023 #16

In the hero's journey there is an awakening stage nuxvomica Jul 2023 #7

1+ keithbvadu2 Jul 2023 #8

Suck it DeSantis you shithead Blue Owl Jul 2023 #12

Well said! lees1975 Jul 2023 #13

you can be woke and not be religious Skittles Jul 2023 #15

Yes but without being religious one can be woke and a good loving humane person! kimbutgar Jul 2023 #17

imagine doing the right thing because it is the right thing to do Skittles Jul 2023 #18

I would add to that, if you're not woke, you're not genuinely Christian. lees1975 Jul 2023 #23

actually, that's just charactaristics of a decent human being Skittles Jul 2023 #24

It is indeed! megapuzzler Jul 2023 #19

I never understood the disparaging of people calling them "Woke". Fla Dem Jul 2023 #20

think of it this way Skittles Jul 2023 #25

Yes! I believe "woke" is the normal state of a person. patphil Jul 2023 #21

Branding Victory Roy Rolling Jul 2023 #22

So True: "Do unto others" cannot really be improved upon MedRxx Jul 2023 #26

Well, the antonym of "woke" is either "sleepwalking" or "hypnotized" ... eppur_se_muova Jul 2023 #27