[spireitetoo]

Can someone please explain what this means? It seems to get used in so many different scenarios that I'm not sure the folk that use even have a proper understanding of it,...

And I don't want the Google definition, just people's opinions of what they think it means.
Cheers.😳👍

[trickytrevsfanclub]

I’d define it as being extremely sensitive on issues such as race, gender and what is and what isn’t acceptable on a wide range of subjects, but taking it to the nth degree so much as to make any valid argument you may have seem ridiculous. Thus diluting your whole point as people just see the ludicrousness of what you are saying rather than amy valid point behind it.

[Mr Mercury]

People getting angry on other people’s behalf and having a condescending view of anyone who doesn’t agree with their view or opinions

This post has been edited by Mr Mercury: 19 September 2021 - 09:31 AM

[Search & Destroy]

Mr Mercury, on 19 September 2021 - 09:28 AM, said:

People getting angry on other people’s behalf and having a condescending view of anyone who doesn’t agree with their view or opinions

With a bit of self loathing thrown in

[Search & Destroy]

And possibly racist by virtue of cultural appropriation l

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

spireitetoo, on 19 September 2021 - 09:17 AM, said:

Can someone please explain what this means? It seems to get used in so many different scenarios that I'm not sure the folk that use even have a proper understanding of it,...

And I don't want the Google definition, just people's opinions of what they think it means.
Cheers.😳👍

A term used to cancel those with progressive views.

[Westbars Spireite]

The Earl of Chesterfield, on 19 September 2021 - 11:25 AM, said:

A term used to cancel those with progressive views.

The cancelling is almost exclusively the other way.

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

Westbars Spireite, on 19 September 2021 - 02:05 PM, said:

The cancelling is almost exclusively the other way.

Maybe, but I've cancelled that cancelling...

Quaker, on 19 September 2021 - 03:01 PM, said:

That happens a lot on this Personal Section.

I don't think there's any condescension on here.

But well done for understanding such a big word...

[Westbars Spireite]

Condescension is what the internet is for. Along with people showing their bits and bobs.

[Holmesc1]

Woke= a new brigade thats killing comedy and sport, folk with no sense of humour

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

Holmesc1, on 19 September 2021 - 06:03 PM, said:

Woke= a new brigade thats killing comedy and sport, folk with no sense of humour

You're right.

The sight of Farage and his supporters squealing like schoolgirls who'd dropped their ice creams over Joe Brand's amusing acid quip was beyond pathetic...

[Misnomer]

Basically: my freedom of speech isn't your freedom of speech.

[fishini]

Means nothing to me. Just a made up word for people who can't come up with a credible argument to someone else's thoughts.

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

Joking aside, isn't a Woke just someone from Woking....?

[Phil V 72]

Woke is a term, originating in the United States, that originally referred to awareness about racial prejudice and discrimination. It subsequently came to encompass an awareness of other issues of social inequality, for instance, regarding gender and sexual orientation.
It later became a term of derision for conservatives to describe people who, in earlier times would have said “it’s political correctness gone mad”. It’s become a shorthand for people who hold ‘right on’ opinions.

[calvin plummers socks]

Phil V 72, on 20 September 2021 - 06:56 PM, said:

Woke is a term, originating in the United States, that originally referred to awareness about racial prejudice and discrimination. It subsequently came to encompass an awareness of other issues of social inequality, for instance, regarding gender and sexual orientation.
It later became a term of derision for conservatives to describe people who, in earlier times would have said “it’s political correctness gone mad”. It’s become a shorthand for people who hold ‘right on’ opinions.

Yep - so we should all be woke in reality apart from the Neanderthals who don’t believe in equality

[Misnomer]

calvin plummers socks, on 20 September 2021 - 07:02 PM, said:

Yep - so we should all be woke in reality apart from the Neanderthals who don’t believe in equality

Yeah, we've moved on from the time of slavery. The latter definition is nothing but an accession to self importance, arrogance and self-righteousness.

[Wooden Spoon]

calvin plummers socks said:

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Yep - so we should all be woke in reality apart from the Neanderthals who don't believe in equality

Is a biological man who identifies as a woman the same as a woman? Should a biological man who identifies as a woman use female changing rooms in a public swimming pool? Would a biological female be comfortable with that? If she isn’t and complains is she a Neanderthal? But you’ve questioned that. Branded them a Neanderthal. That is woke.




If inclusion of all is acceptable, when for example a particular religion insists on segregation of sexes when they pray? What takes precedence here, religious right or sexual equality? Woke is criticism for teven asking that question…because you dare question the cultural and religious practices of a minority.



What takes precedence? Equal right for homosexuals or a church/mosque/synagogue refusing to carry out same sex marriage? Asking the question is exposing a potential minority to scrutiny, not allowed.


That is woke. The departure from reality, not the desire for equality. The desire to promote inequality in favour of minorities. Not equality. That is woke.



IMO

This post has been edited by Wooden Spoon: 21 September 2021 - 02:32 AM

[Mr Mercury]

Wooden Spoon, on 21 September 2021 - 02:24 AM, said:

Is a biological man who identifies as a woman the same as a woman? Should a biological man who identifies as a woman use female changing rooms in a public swimming pool? Would a biological female be comfortable with that? If she isn’t and complains is she a Neanderthal? But you’ve questioned that. Branded them a Neanderthal. That is woke.




If inclusion of all is acceptable, when for example a particular religion insists on segregation of sexes when they pray? What takes precedence here, religious right or sexual equality? Woke is criticism for teven asking that question…because you dare question the cultural and religious practices of a minority.



What takes precedence? Equal right for homosexuals or a church/mosque/synagogue refusing to carry out same sex marriage? Asking the question is exposing a potential minority to scrutiny, not allowed.


That is woke. The departure from reality, not the desire for equality. The desire to promote inequality in favour of minorities. Not equality. That is woke.



IMO

Very well put.