J'OB as ever, is spot on here. The worry however is that the term is becoming used as a pejorative term for white people in general on twitter rather than the specific target it originally set out to focus on. I recently saw an academic talk where they challenged us audience to type 'White...
BIG difference in my opinion. I am a lefty, guardian reading snowflake who finds woke culture completely counter-productive and often laughable. It is why this twitter account has become a sensation with people on the right AND the left: https://twitter.com/titaniamcgrath
It is such a perfect...
It does not just come from white people though does it. Many POC use it to mock white people on Twitter, is that ok?
I am playing devil's advocate here btw but I find it laughable that many SJW who state you should never judge someone on their gender or race also band this term around liberally.
I think you missed my slightly tongue in cheek response here. Though there is an element of truth in it though as if an equivalent term was used for other factions of society then there would be WOKE outrage :whistle:
It is a way of being sexist, classist and racist but deemed perfectly acceptable because it is against white men where the rules of discrimination do not count.