OPINION: 'Woke is an act of revenge with boundless plasticity,' writes SaddleBrooke resident Jerry Wilkerson.
Woke is a Republican propaganda term. It’s a political catch-all word. Woke to the GOP means everything and nothing — an insult for anything that annoys them. On purpose, it can’t be pinned down. Their overbearing use of “Woke” as a political crusade rally cry is exhausting. In Gov. DeSantis’s brutal culture war, woke means almost everything he dislikes in the Sunshine State.
People are also reading… Journalists press Republicans to produce an explanation of the meaning of woke oppression with no success. The word’s hollowness generates intense hateful campaign disinformation through political technology.
Republicans believe that anything and everything woke means liberal. Their view of America is that racial hierarchies and cultural leveling must be plowed under. Rights, freedom, liberties and democracy be damned. They use woke as a trigger word, a dog whistle. Once said, they no longer need to say more because their manipulated voting base knows and understands what is politically happening. The revved base gets the signal, and campaign revenue gushes in.
Or perhaps woke can simply be slang, meaning I was sleeping, but now I’m woke. Much easier to understand and comprehend while being kinder to the soul.Tags Respond: Write a letter to the editor | Write a guest opinion
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