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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

During the testimony, Warren's attorney, Jean-Jacques Cabou asked those within DeSantis' administration what "woke" meant to them.

The governor's general counsel, Ryan Newman, said, in general, it means "the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them."

https://www.fox13news.com/news/what-does-woke-mean-gov-desantis-officials-answer-during-andrew-warren-trial

They know what Woke means, and it's just as fucking backwards and asinine as you'd expect. Imagine trying to criminalize people fighting for equality. It's the only word I'm aware of that is simultaneously classist, racist, misogynistic, and anti-lgbtq thanks to how the right have chosen to use it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Conservatives when you ask them to define anything*

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I don’t know why it’s so hard. I means “Things I don’t like, especially when it pertains to anything that could be called liberal.”

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Conservative 1: Wake up people!!

Conservative 2: Don't be woke!!

What do?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

That's easy, woke is identity politics is virtue signaling is political correctness is...

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

In fash doublespeak woke just means not "white". That's why they can't/won't explain. It's no mystery.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

It can mean "not a man", "not cis" and "not straight" too

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The other day a conservative on Lemmy (!) called me a wokeboi blueanon, so I am qualified to help with the definition:

Awareness of structural and systematic inequality and oppression and the need for radical (systematic) reforms for same.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

So going by context, and correct me if I’m wrong here, but doesn’t the existence of “blueanon” imply that conservatives who use the word recognize that Q is bullshit?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I think it more so derives from the same place Q derives from rather than deriving from Q himself.

Chanboard users refer to each other as anons. I am still somewhat confused, as the conservative would presumably refer to op disparagingly as a "blue[British word for ciggie]" as opposed to "blueanon", seeing as how "anon" has connotations of comradery. This is further compounded by the fact that we have usernames. We're not anonymous. We're pseudononymous.

If I had to guess, this is due to moderation preventing the use of slurs in regular speech in most regions of Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

I am not adequately trained or compensated to untangle such a cobweb of bullshit

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Called you a what? The hell is "blueanon"?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (4 children)

left-leaning anon probably

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Wouldn't left-leaning anon be redanon? Color of communist parties is red.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Us centric, the colors are reversed (ish, as the democratic party isn't really a left wing party).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

But isn't anon fundamentally right wing in it's ideology? I mean, I'm no expert but this feels like calling someone a meat eating vegan.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Anon means anonymous.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ahhh, Qanon had just ruined that one for me I guess, fair call out

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

As I have said when replying to another fellow, the use of anon is still baffling here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Blue version of an anon, I guess?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Pretty sure it's supposed to be specifically hard-left, maybe conspiracy oriented (because they would assume Trump's Russian ties and criminal guilt are a conspiracy theory), equivalent to Qanon but on the other side.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Urr, but why would that be "blue"?

Edit: oh wait, the US Democrat color is blue?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Yes, it's the reverse of how it is in Canada or the UK.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago

Urr, but why would that be "blue"?

Gay

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Yeah, blue and red are often used to describe the Democrats and Republicans, respectively.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Not even to my face, the coward

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's kinda funny to think that the "woke mind virus" is actually real, just the exact opposite of what conservatives think it is. Something that they are spewing around, and its effects are lack of critical thought x)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just like Trump Derangement Syndrome

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The world was better when we had Lisztomania instead

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

Well, it's whatever you guys are up to.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

They can't even give the original definition as the past tense of wake.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

they know what it means (or rather what it means when they proudly claim to be "anti-woke") they just won't explain it because then it will be obvious that they don't actually care about equality or "fairness" and just want to go back to the social order of the 1700s

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Woke is the new words conservatives have to learn because they’ve used the old ones as bully words for so long they’ve taken new and derogatory meanings.

Not that they’ll read that but here’s part of the test answer for those who can.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago

Conservative and certain Blue MAGA Liberals can't seem to understand the definition of Tankie(s). They like to think it means any communist. They are a special of dumb dumbs.