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Thanks to the commenter who reminded me that it's not bad to be reminded that the term is only a pejorative because conservative racists made it so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke#20th_century

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[-] [email protected] 38 points 6 days ago

My stupid ass: "why did the conservatives have an issue with Cathode Ray Tube TVs?"

[-] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

Lol, yeah that was constantly the problem I had back then, especially since MAGA was using "CRT" as the scare word, and not nothing to mention that it means "Critical Race Theory," a phrase well in-line with other subjects in other fields, like Biblical Critical Theory.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Because super smash brothers is woke

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Fuck yeah it is.

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