The "Woke Left?" Since When Is Caring About Social Justice A Bad Thing?
Sorry, but I choose not to spend my life being angry, selfish, and greedy.
[wōk]
VERB
past of wake.
ADJECTIVE
informal
alert to injustice and discrimination in society, especially racism:
"we need to stay angry, and stay woke" · [more]
synonyms:
revolutionary · progressive · reforming · reformist · progressivist
I don’t know about you, but I’m sick to death of hearing the term “woke left” used as a pejorative. Every time I heard Floriduh Gov. Ron DeSatan declare “The woke left isn’t welcome here in Floriduh!!” I can’t help but wonder if he even knows what he’s talking about (my money’s on “no”). What he’s telling us is that people who care about others are welcome in the Sunshine State. Only cruel, selfish, hateful bigots can expect to be welcomed with open arms.
Really?
The man’s not stupid; he’s got at least one Ivy League degree, but c’mon, man…. Since when did caring about injustice, discrimination, racism, and other social justice issues become a bad thing?
Or has he presumed that we’ve all moved on to “White Makes Right”…because of course it does? Don’t White Conservative Christian heterosexuals own America?
OF COURSE THEY DO!!!
So making a statement for LGBTQ rights and declaring your support for an historically oppressed minority group are bad things? It’s not as if the USMNT is wearing a rainbow-striped uniform and quoting directly from the Little Brown Book of Chairman Michaelangelo Signorile. It’s a patch, intended to make a subtle, yet unmistakeable statement, especially in Qatar, a country in which LGBTQ citizens have no rights and can be arrested for being who they are.
And it’s one only issue. The entirety of US Soccer is all too aware that slaves built Qatar’s stadia and that at least 6500 of them died in the construction of Qatari infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup. Yes, it’s a horrible thing, and Americans aren’t the only ones aware of it. Denmark for at least one of its games will wear completely a black kit to honor the dead. Where’s the Conservative outrage over that?
SHUT UP AND DRIBBLE!!!
German Bundesliga crowds over the weekend have been protesting, demand the boycott of the World Cup. How’s that for “wokeness?”
Despite the fear-mongering, there’s nothing wrong with “Drag Queen Story Hour.” Drag queens don’t groom and sexually molest young children. White Conservative Christian heterosexual ARE prone to doing it, though (talk about misplace outrage). Drag queens are just out to have fun. “Drag Queen Story Hour” is merely an opportunity for one group to give back to the community by reading to children. Parents bring their children; it’s not as if they’re abandoning them to the lecherous grasp of a bunch of perverts.
No…again, that would be far more likely to be White Conservative Christian heterosexual men.
“Drag Queen Story Hour” is a threat to no one except the haters and bigots who choose to see it through a warped lens of bigotry, homophobia, and perversion- which are far more applicable to White Conservative Christian heterosexuals.
So what are they afraid of? Ah, if only they possessed the self-awareness to honestly examine that part of themselves, eh?
Why is it that the people who accuse the “woke left” of being brainless are themselves usually dumber than a box of Roger Stone’s well-used jockstraps? Lack of self-awareness? A penchant for projection? The refusal to acknowledge the reality that they might not be the pinnacle of humanity? Combinations of all of the above?
(And it’s spelled “protects.” If you’re going to criticize someone, at least do us the courtesy of not exposing yourself as a moron. As if your message didn’t already do that, Brainiac.)
From where I sit, it looks like the answer is “all of the above.” Conservatives like this nitwit never seem to account for the fact that they might not be the smartest person in the room. Or ANY room, for that matter.
In this idjit’s case, I’d wager there are boxes of toenail clippings with a higher IQ than him. Hell, I have guitar picks that are probably more intelligent.
But, by all means, DO go on about the demon-infested “woke left.”
OK, so Brian Nguyen became the first transgender female (Conservatives like this creep can continue to be deliberately cruel and label him a biological male) to win a beauty contest. And this is apropos of what…the decline and fall of Western Civilization? Proof that the McRib is back? Evidence that Aaron Rodgers is past his prime?
What’s the big deal? How does the winner of this beauty contest adversely impact the quality of anyone’s life? Does it shatter the moral underpinnings of one’s frail Christian worldview? Does it violate all that’s good and holy about beauty pageants, which- let’s face it, are blatantly sexist and based on outdated male-centric views of beauty, anyway?
(What does looking good in a swimsuit even mean?)
And since when does this jackass give a damn about “Me Too” or women’s rights? Isn’t that what the “woke left” gets its panties in a wad about?
Now that we’re well past Election Night, I’d have to say that “this strategy” worked out quite well for Democrats.
It turns out that the “Red Wave” we were promised ended up more like a brown skidmark. Democrats maintained control of the Senate any may pick up a seat, and while Republicans will likely end up with a razor-thin majority in the House, it won’t be long before they collectively and throughly embarrass themselves.
I can hardly wait.
If being a member of the “woke left” means caring about social justice issues, then it’s ridiculous that the Far-Right continues to define “woke left” as a pejorative.
Sadly, Republican/Conservative continues to stand for cruelty, bigotry, hatred, anger, propaganda, lies, and self-dealing (I may have left a couple dozen things off of the list). Conversely, I have no problem being part of a group that’s the complete opposite. Call it the “woke left” or “Alcoholics Anonymous” or “Tree Frogs for Jesus;” I don’t much care. I don’t believe politics is or should be a zero-sum, fuck-your-buddy, screw-them-before-they-screw-you proposition.
I don’t want to go through life being cynical, angry, and focused on the dark side. There’s more to life for me than focusing on what I can get over and who I can f**k over. I fail to see the point in wasting so much energy on such senselessness. Life is too short for that, at least to my naive/Pollyana-ish way of thinking.
If people want to waste their lives being angry, hateful, and resentful, good on them. If they come after me or mine because of their smug conviction that they’re somehow superior, I don’t believe it will take me long to show them they’re wrong. That’s if I care to engage them, that is, which I rarely do anymore.
Why’s that? Because I have no interest in proving that I’m better than they are. I could care less about that. They’re not worth the effort and energy- and so I’ll walk away and leave them to marinate in their own bile.
The “woke left?” Despite these idjits trying to make it a thing, it’s not. They’re trying to conjure a bogeyman out of thin air, and I’m not here for that shit. What I will say that if caring about social justice is a crime, then I’m guilty as charged.
And I’m OK with that. I’d rather live in a world where people give a damn.
I'm tired of "woke" stuff, too. To me it means not being a jackass to others. Unfortunately, lots of jackasses out there.
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