Gregory Deyss -> Bj”rn Felten skrev 2024-04-12 06:38:

 GD> Where liberals promote woke-ism, The problem with wokeness is that it
 GD> doesn't inspire action; it freezes it. To be woke is first and foremost
 GD> to put yourself on display. To make a problem seem massively intractable
 GD> is to inspire separation building a wall between you and the problem not
 GD> a solution.

   Thank you, Greg, for reminding me of another word that needs to be revised in the 1984 edition. It's also a typical example of how the MAGA cult takes one word, twists it 180 degrees, and declares to the World that this is the true definition.

   The original definition is from the black movement a century ago, when agitators wanted the oppressed black people to wake up (and they *woke* in large numbers. It went like this:

   1. being aware of social injustice and acting and doing something about it.

   2. standing up and recognizing, articulating and explaining the traumas happening to them.

   For further reference about the Black Equity fight a century ago, start with Marcus Garvey circa 1923.



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