Yakuda
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For starters it's not just conservatives and a dictionary definition and how a word is used in the real world can be two very different things. On paper sure, it's pretty hard to be against 'woke' if it simply means being aware of injustice. Most people would say they are woke if that's all it was. Where the resistance and push back comes from are actions and policies done in the name of wokeness that people don't agree with. Simply labeling something as 'woke' doesn't give it a pass or mean it should be free of scrutiny.
I'll offer a couple of examples but there are many many more. Take Affirmative Action. Supporting AA would be woke right? Yet in California, a heavily Democratic state where whites are not a majority, in 2020 we voted again against AA. Does that make much of the state non-woke? Take SAT, LSAT and other standardized tests that some think are racist or not woke. Can one be woke and still support those tests? Take reparations. Clearly not all liberals supports reparations. Can you call yourself woke and not support them (or think there should be any cap on the dollar amount given)? Take crime. I'll speak to San Francisco but it's not unique here. Last year we recalled our progressive DA whose whole M.O. was we need less people in jail etc. San Francisco is generally considered a pretty progressive City, but can it consider itself woke because people here are worried about crime and wanted someone who will pay more attention to it?
Great post and spot on.