• realcaseyrollinsOP
      -75•2 years ago

      His approach to discourse is admirable. He’s woke, which I’m not a fan of, but he’s respectful and has so much empathy for people who disagree with him that one can’t help but respect and admire that.

        • @PoliticalAgitator@lemm.eeEnglish
          16•2 years ago

          He doesn’t actually know what he’s talking about. He’s flailing around trying to reconcile what the word actually meant with Republicans deciding to make it a trigger word for reactionaries.

          He can’t just say “I don’t like him because I’ve been told to not like him”, but that’s functionally what it boils down to.

        • realcaseyrollinsOP
          -66•2 years ago

          I am, but I’m not a fan of wokeness. I trust that you’re not so dense that you can’t tell the difference.

              • @Madison420@lemmy.worldEnglish
                20•2 years ago

                You’d have to define it to be wrong, so take a leap rather than call people poo poo heads and run away.

                • realcaseyrollinsOP
                  -31•2 years ago

                  Look, considering you don’t know what wokeness is, I’ll spell it out for you: wokeness is critical theory, which states that, among other things, inequality is inherently bad or wrong, and must be rectified. You don’t need to adhere to critical theory to observe that such inequalities exist though.

                  You can learn more about Critical Theory here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_theory

                  Or about critical theory applied to race, commonly known as Critical Race Theory or CRT, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory

                  That’s my serious answer, with everything you need to know. After this we can be as silly or goofy as you like.

                  • @EGG_CREAM@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    21•2 years ago

                    Since your issue is with critical race theory, and you have stated in multiple comments that the problem with critical race theory is that it says inequality and hierarchy is bad, specifically when it comes to race, I guess its safe to assume you are a racist, then?

                  • @Socsa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                    7•2 years ago

                    I promise you that you never knew anything about critical race theory before republicans told you to be afraid of it like a year ago.

            • realcaseyrollinsOP
              -44•2 years ago

              In a quick sentence, wokeness is critical theory, in particular applied to race, known as critical race theory.

              To observe inequalities is not woke; what is woke is to believe that all inequalities or power hierarchies are inherently bad.

                • realcaseyrollinsOP
                  -16•2 years ago

                  I think a variety of levels of pay depending on job position, effort, or skill is a great example. Not all jobs are equal, so they should not all yield the same amount of pay.

                  • JokeDeityEnglish
                    3•2 years ago

                    I highly doubt you’ve never tried methamphetamine. Every racist pretending to be black when they’re called out for racism on the Internet is big into it at some point in their lives.

              • @CeruleanRuin@lemmings.worldEnglish
                4•2 years ago

                what is woke is to believe that all inequalities or power hierarchies are inherently bad.

                That sounds like a thinly veiled way of saying you’re a supremacist.

                • realcaseyrollinsOP
                  -4•2 years ago

                  If we’re both the lens of wokeness I’d agree, even though I’m a black dude, as under that framework it’s inequality, not discrimination, that is racism.

        • realcaseyrollinsOP
          -23•2 years ago

          I hate Fox News. Newsnation is where it’s at if you MUST watch the mainstream media but most corporate media sucks to be honest.

                  • @Nudding@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    1•2 years ago

                    What a weird link. Also it’s wrong. The dictionary says ​aware of social and political issues, especially racism This word is often used in a disapproving way by people who think that some other people are too easily upset about these issues, or talk too much about them in a way that does not change anything.

                    You should do more reading so you don’t come across like a dumb ass online.

                    No I don’t live in that shit hole country thank God lol. Corporations are people and money is free speech.

      • JokeDeityEnglish
        22•2 years ago

        Genius level comment. Anyone who says something like this really just binge watches Fox News and has no idea what words mean.