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[–] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Dogwhistle for "I hate people tackling social issues and think we should go back to women being controlled and abused, and men being miserable all day at work, while we completely disregard queer and children's mental health".

Or at least, it gets used that way by people who don't use it as a reclamation term in a positive sense.

[–] explore_broaden@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Historically it is a term used positively, for example in the expression ‘stay woke’ (1930s). So it is not really a reclamation, but rather a recent relegation by right wing people to a negative connotation. I have however heard some people legitimately use it in a positive manner, and some further reading on the Wikipedia page seems to support that even recently there are political leaders using it in a pro-racial equity sense.

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[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I am aware of the positive origins of the word "Woke". However, in colloquial usage, it is always used in a derogatory way. And it is usage that dictates the norm, whether we like it or not.