LT42 Can someone tell me what all this âWokeâ shit is? Is it the opposite of being knuckledragging racist gammon type?
âWokeâ is the same kind of things as a âSocial Justice Warriorâ / SJW. Itâs an ideology as blinkered, over-simplistic and intolerant as most others. Itâs an obsession with seeing âinjusticeâ and âinequalityâ everywhere, but only when itâs convenient for your cause / side.
Its promoters/adherents are so often focused on seeing everything through the prism of race and racial injustice that it actually serves to divide people by race even more, with it often difficult not to conclude that they discriminate based on race (and demonstrate racism) as much or even more so than those they claim to be rallying against. Being âwoke" actually works against MLKâs dream of wishing to be judged not by the colour of his skin but by the content of his character.
As an aside, the term âgammonâ is a negative slur based on the colour of a personâs skin. In theory itâs the kind of thing that someone who supposedly is âagainst racismâ should wish to avoid and call out. However, because itâs directed at white people, and those on the receiving end arenât bothered and overly-sensitive enough to kick up a big fuss about it, itâs typically let slide and perpetuated.
