LT42 Can someone tell me what all this ‘Woke’ shit is? Is it the opposite of being knuckledragging racist gammon type?
‘Woke’ is the same kind of things as a ‘Social Justice Warrior’ / SJW. It’s an ideology as blinkered, over-simplistic and intolerant as most others. It’s an obsession with seeing “injustice” and “inequality” everywhere, but only when it’s 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 ’woke" actually works against MLK’s 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 “gammon” is a negative slur based on the colour of a person’s skin. In theory it’s the kind of thing that someone who supposedly is “against racism” should wish to avoid and call out. However, because it’s directed at white people, and those on the receiving end aren’t bothered and overly-sensitive enough to kick up a big fuss about it, it’s typically let slide and perpetuated.
