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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.

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

Saying a person is woke is like saying they are not a mindless sheep going through life asleep at the wheel.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah seriously I'll never understand how it's an insult. Conservatives call having empathy "woke" and I'm like "yes, yes it is woke. Your point?".

[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

it's basically everything you need to know about them

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

But they call people on the left sheep? How can this be true? /s

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