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  • KiG V2
    10•1 year ago

    This is indeed the origin of woke but I will say there is plenty of derogatory things that I would say about what we colloquially call “woke,” it is entirely a CIA founded, owned and operated Compatible Left facet that has furthered their work towards kneecapping the Western Left, fueling fascism and distracting people from true radicalization with red herrings. I have even used “woke” or “wokeism” derogatorily here and never (IIRC) encountered pushback.

    I wish everyone could just agree to call this toxic movement one thing and the genuine and necessary struggle for intersectional justice another. Because absolutely, using woke or similar words in a bad way paints one out to be a conservative or fascist. I guess if we’re going back to its Black origins perhaps “fake woke” would be the way to go, as I have seen it called, and it implies there is still true “wokeness” which is a good thing.

    That being said, “woke” was voted the most hated word of 2022 for good reason. Our job as communists can’t be to say how we wished things were but to read the room, and revise a new course of action.