• Kit Sorens@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    My favorite thing is to have them define “woke.” When they can’t because it’s only a buzzword to them, I explain it means “waking up” to the idea that you’re not the only human being with a purpose-filled life, that there are others for whom the system is built to deal a bad hand, and that the most ironic part is that 9 times out of 10 the individual I’m speaking to is not on the list of the “system’s chosen.”

    • Gigan@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      To me, woke is when identity politics issues are intentionally inserted into a piece of media not to improve the quality of the story, but to push the creators political opinions. Even when I agree with them it annoys me, because it takes me out of the story and makes me feel like I’m being preached too or I’m consuming propaganda.

      Disclaimer, I don’t watch star trek. I found this post browsing c/all

      • David_Eight@lemmy.world
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        So gay characters should only be in media to tell stories about gay people problems? Is that how you think the real world works, like a gay person never accomplished anything other than progressing the gay agenda. Why can’t there just be a story of a man who does a thing and then goes home to his husband. You know, like how real life works lol.

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        1 year ago

        Well that’s not what it means. It means being aware of and opposed to systemic injustices in our society, that’s all it means.