Is wokeness ruining society ?

 Heres my answer to this Quora question

Yes but not how right wingers think.

So just to add some sanity and truth. 

Think of the term woke like a broken clock - right 2x a day by chance. 

Woke meant be awake to racism which soon become be awake to social justice.

It was entered into the Oxford English Dictionary in 2017 as "aware of social and political issues and concerned that some groups in society are treated less fairly than others"

Those who are the oppressors will always defend their position and gaslight you into believing theyre right and youre wrong.

So the right wing USA Americans changed the definition of woke to make it a derogatory word, so yes wokeness is bad because its a meaningless word used by backward stupid ignorant brainwashed toxic right winger americans .

@ 23m50s Jimmy explains the liberal conservatives manufactured culture wars to make up for a lack of economic policys Did i escape the right

Its bad because when its meaningless and undefined the right use it to attack anything left of their position they dont like , calling it things its not , often putting up strawman arguments. Its basically cancel culture because its their way of shutting down debate. You cant argue against a half wit and no argument.

Its meant to demonise the left, but as theres no left in usa its really the centre.

The real left, the communists arent interested in sectarian ideology. They only want to unite the proletariat to end the class war, accept for some misguided sectarian afems (anarchist feminists) .

The fight for social justice is bound to overstep esp in bureaucracy but call it what you mean “political correctness”. and their will be reasonable criticism of it but they need be articulated properly not as ad hominem attacks meant to win arguments without true facts.

So stop using and spreading their meaningless word and infecting the country (state ) you and we live in .

In a NZ city a right wing group has put around news letters in which it complained that the council shutting a car lane to make 

Heres Chat GPTs answer

The term "woke" originally emerged from African American Vernacular English (AAVE) and was used positively to describe awareness of social injustice, particularly racial inequality. It gained widespread use during the Black Lives Matter movement, where being "woke" meant being conscious of systemic oppression, racism, and the need for social change.

The right-wing began to co-opt and weaponize the term, turning it into a derogatory label, during the mid-to-late 2010s, particularly around 2016-2017. Several factors contributed to this shift:

1. Rise of Social Justice Movements:

• The term "woke" gained significant attention with the rise of movements like Black Lives Matter (especially after the 2014 Ferguson protests) and growing discussions about intersectionality, gender identity, LGBTQ+ rights, and climate change. As these movements became more mainstream, right-wing commentators began to push back against what they saw as "political correctness" or "cancel culture."

2. 2016 U.S. Presidential Election:

• The election of Donald Trump in 2016 was a critical moment in the politicization of the term. Right-wing media outlets and political figures used the term "woke" to mock liberal and progressive movements, associating it with what they perceived as excessive political correctness, social activism, and identity politics.
• Conservative pundits began to frame "woke" as an extreme, radical, or out-of-touch mindset, often portraying it as hypersensitivity or a threat to free speech.

3. Cultural Backlash:

• Right-wing media, social media influencers, and politicians increasingly portrayed "wokeness" as symbolic of a cultural elite that was enforcing rigid standards of what could or couldn't be said. They argued that being "woke" represented virtue signaling, cancel culture, and identity politics pushed to an extreme.
• By the late 2010s, especially during controversies involving freedom of speech, campus protests, and public calls for accountability (e.g., #MeToo movement), the term was further used as a pejorative. The right-wing started to label progressives and liberals as "woke warriors" or part of the "woke mob," painting the term as indicative of extremism, intolerance, and authoritarianism in enforcing progressive values.

4. Fox News and Conservative Media:

• Prominent conservative outlets like Fox News and figures such as Ben Shapiro, Tucker Carlson, and others consistently framed "wokeness" as a problem or threat. They used it to describe any progressive policies or ideas around social justice, amplifying the negative connotations.
• By associating "woke" with unpopular or controversial positions, these outlets helped cement the term as a derogatory one in the eyes of conservative audiences.

5. International Spread:

• The derogatory use of "woke" spread beyond the U.S. and began to be used in the UK and other countries. Right-wing politicians, such as Boris Johnson and others, adopted the term in their rhetoric, framing it as something negative or absurd, often linking it to cancel culture and efforts to revise history (e.g., debates about statues and colonial legacies).

6. Expansion to Broader Culture:

• As "woke" became part of broader public discourse, it was increasingly used as a catch-all term to mock or criticize any progressive social change or ideas perceived as overly idealistic or socially radical. Even moderate or centrist politicians began to use the term negatively, seeing it as a way to dismiss progressive policies as impractical or extreme.

Timeline Recap:

• Pre-2010s: "Woke" used in African American communities as a positive term for being socially aware, particularly about racism.
• 2014-2016: Gained mainstream attention through social justice movements like Black Lives Matter.
• 2016 onwards: Right-wing commentators, media, and political figures co-opted the term, using it to mock and criticize progressive activism and political correctness.
• Late 2010s: "Woke" becomes a widely used pejorative in political discourse, particularly by the right, in the context of cancel culture, identity politics, and free speech debates.

In short, the right-wing turned the once-positive term "woke" into a derogatory label as part of their broader pushback against progressive movements and ideas, especially during and after the 2016 U.S. election.

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