I somewhat agree with what you are saying, but "woke" is also a lot more complicated than that. I think there is truth to the following:sock puppet wrote: ↑Fri Apr 01, 2022 3:40 pmI agree. I also like what Jon Stewart has to say about "Wokeism"--until he got labeled as "woke" he just thought he was really good at history. "Woke" is simply the disparaging word du jour by one of the extremes (this time, the far right). Dig just beyond the surface and it is merely a disparagement of previously obscured or overlooked facts of history coming to light and informing us. It is a term slung by those that want to keep history focused only on the contributions of white males.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/artic ... nfluentialBy wokeism, I refer to a movement that, on the positive side, is highly aware of racism and social injustice, and is galvanized toward raising awareness. On the negative side, it can be preachy, alienating, overly concerned with symbols and self-righteous.
One real weakness of the alt-right, among others, is that its bizarrely post-modern approach to giving wokeism the middle finger is even more troubling than the strident righteousness of wokeism.