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0 pointsLeroyRaz1y ago0 comments

Why and how is labelling unlikable behaviour as woke bad faith. As I understand the right using the term, they use it consistently to refer to a very specific type of behaviour they see as bad (one core aspect is prioritising signalling being virtuous over actually improving the world).

Is your complaint that this usage unfairly co-opts the original left usage of the word?

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parpfish1y ago

> they use it consistently to refer to a very specific type of behaviour they see as bad

I disagree that their use is consistent and specific.

Their usage is constant and is malleable enough to encompass "whatever i don't like right now".

thruway5161y ago

Imagine I wrote an essay on Christianity and based it entirely on the behavior of evangelicals in the South who attend megachurchies (a very vocal minority). Surely you'd expect other Christians (all around the world) who equally claim true usage to object.

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skywhopper1y ago

You give them far too much credit. But more importantly, ask yourself who’s really the morality police at this point? The ones screaming “woke” all the time, vowing to strip “woke” people out of positions of power, seem pretty dangerous to me.

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