SwissArmyKazoo@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 20 days agoWhat's the difference between Woke and Political Correctness?message-squaremessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down13
arrow-up125arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the difference between Woke and Political Correctness?SwissArmyKazoo@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 20 days agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareDougPiranha42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·20 days agoBut these are not ideologies, they’re made up derogatory terms. It’s like asking what is the difference between a fuckwit and a dickwad.
minus-squaretlekiteki@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 hours agoNo, woke refers to seeing through deceptive propaganda. For example ‘millions of americans have woken up to the reality of genocide in gaza’.
minus-squareDougPiranha42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoYour example sentence simply uses the english verb “wake” in its original meaning. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wake Not the adjective “woke” that this thread is about. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke By 2019, the term was widely being used sarcastically as a pejorative by conservatives, as a way to disparage socially liberal movements as superficial and insincere performative activism.
But these are not ideologies, they’re made up derogatory terms. It’s like asking what is the difference between a fuckwit and a dickwad.
No, woke refers to seeing through deceptive propaganda. For example ‘millions of americans have woken up to the reality of genocide in gaza’.
Your example sentence simply uses the english verb “wake” in its original meaning.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wake
Not the adjective “woke” that this thread is about.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke