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Thanks to the commenter who reminded me that it's not bad to be reminded that the term is only a pejorative because conservative racists made it so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke#20th_century

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[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (10 children)

I guess the idea is that if you're spending all your energy being anti-MAGA then you aren't focussing on the real struggle (class warfare). But of course one can focus on class warfare while still being anti-MAGA.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (6 children)
[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (5 children)

what does the small t stand for?

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

just to lend MAGA the sound of "maggot"

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

oh. Eh, they didn't need to change "woke" to make it a bad word, so I just use MAGA as-is derogatorily.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bonus Points! That li'l "t" can be voiced with just breath alone as a "swallowed" or "glottal" fricative, (like the S. London "innit", etc.) for added & effortless effect whenever thinking/reading "MAGA" — aloud or to yourself. It works every time.

Every single MAGA idiot = MAGAt. There are many, many kinds, colors, stripes, shapes, sizes, etc. They're all maggots, though. And they might be known for devouring mountains of shit by the throatful, but they'll eat you too without hesitation.

Secondly, though? Let's do us all a favor and not use anything they do as a model of rational, much less good practices, hmm?

"They" didn't change "woke" because "they" don't change fuck all. Their minders tell them what to scream & froth over, and their psyops' flipping of "woke" is to target anything that doesn't come directly outta their Führder's prolapsed Putin-holes. Full stop.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Seems kinda naïve to view it that way. Even trump-hating centrists use the word "woke" negatively these days. I'm not saying they're rational, I'm just saying you have to take the threat seriously.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Oh, I take it incredibly seriously, as indicated by how wistfully nonchalant my suggestions are.

Almost as if a fascist political party funded by the data & power barons that puppet the species has weaponized an originally Black American term to be incendiary against any topic they feel like — and there's fuck & all any of us can do about it. 😅

So, jokes it is. Gallows humor wins out sometimes, right? 🤷🏼‍♂️ Why, what you got on that plan?

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