What GOP means by 'woke':

[kpete]

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. K&R

[AZLD4Candidate]

2. Woke - anything they don't like and want "cancelled."

[SomedayKindaLove]

3. And yet "cancelling" is woke too

Seems like they were the first to complain about cancel culture anyway.

Must be such a slippery slope, being a Republican.

[mwb970]

4. You have to just turn off your brain.

These people seem literally "mindless" to me.

[AZLD4Candidate]

5. No it is. It's the we can do it but you can't philosophy.

I live in China. I'm used to people thinking that way.

China can require people coming here to get 48 hour covid tests as inflated prices they get a piece of at places only they authorize, but now that the world is doing the same to them, they are whining and crying.

Republicans do the same thing.

[AllaN01Bear]

6. to add christian beliefs that arn their own.

[Peacetrain]

7. Thank you for this op!!! I have always been gobsmacked

by the reaction of the right to the word WOKE.. they literally treat it like a swear 4 letter word. They border on the delusional about it

[whathehell]

8. "Woke" means Fainess and Consideration for Others..

Repubs don't believe in that.

[Emile]

9. Republicans have a funny way of taking normal words like kneeling and woke

and making it out as disrespectful.

[vlyons]

10. It's rather annoying

"Woke" started out as black slang for "awake.," or the past test state of having awoken, as in "I woke up this morning." And it was used to mean being aware of injustice, discrimination, religious intolerance, misogyny, and institutionalized racism etc. So that should tell you something about the character of why the extreme racist RWers use it so much.

As a Buddhist, the irony of it has special meaning for me, because part of my meditation practice is to reiterate my aspiration to become a completely and perfectly enlightened Buddha for the benefit of all sentient beings. To become enlightened, awake and aware of how things actually exist, to be "woke."

Why someone would want to be asleep and ignorant of how things actually exist escapes me. Why someone would continually choose to cultivate and maintain delusions that selfishness, greed, intolerance, and anger are the way to go -- well you get my point.

Those RWers who call themselves "Christian" and ridicule and label everything they don't like as "woke" must be asleep to Jesus saying - "You shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

[lees1975]

17. They are rebelling against Jesus and creating their own religion.

There's no place in Republican extremism where any of the values Jesus taught can be found. None. It's all control and anger and rebellion.

[vlyons]

19. The established Christian church has a long long history of intolerance and authoritarianism

But teaching congregants self-discipline and control over one's body, speech, and mind -- eh, not so much.

the Golden Rule seems to have escaped them.

[Genki Hikari]

23. They're not asleep to the book

They merely pay attention to different parts of it.

And that second half main character is no angel. Quite the opposite.

[Buckeyeblue]

11. If you're not Woke, you're Asleep...

Most Republicans are asleep

[markodochartaigh]

16. Semantic infiltration indeed!

https://www.salon.com/2013/05/18/how_right_wingers_use_semantic_tricks_to_kill_government/

[liberal N proud]

13. Anyone who stands up the gop gets tagged as woke

This is just gop bullying

[judesedit]

14. When woke means "aware"

[IronLionZion]

15. They'd rather be fast asleep?

[Caliman73]

20. They would rather...

Their worldview not be challenged. That is it in a nutshell.

The world changes or at least our awareness of the world changes as new information is discovered. We (as a human species) once believed that illnesses were caused by an imbalance of "humors" or bodily fluids. We believed that illness was caused by "demons" or bad spirits. We believed that illness was caused by "miasma" or bad air. THEN we found out about bacteria, viruses, and parasites that use our cells to replicate or simply feed on our cells or tissues. Then we developed chemicals to try to destroy those microbes.

Conservatives believe that society is best structured as a hierarchy with wealthy White Protestant Christian Men at the top. It has been their view since absolute monarchy and aristocracy were the dominant political structures. Having women and Black and Brown people gain rights and recognition for their contributions to modern society is an affront to Conservatives. To have to consider the perspectives of those people is a slap in the face.

That is what they consider "woke" and they hate it because, as I said, they would rather not have their worldview challenged.

[SheltieLover]

18. Absofuckingloutely!

[Ford_Prefect]

21. Woke equals anyone who asks substantial questions about why or why not.

WOKE = Educated beyond the 4th grade.
WOKE = Anyone who thinks at all.
WOKE = Anyone who has an income below 2 million per.

[Skittles]

22. yup

woke essentially means non-MAGAt

[Initech]

24. I define "woke" as anyone having an opinion that is not directly influenced by News Corp.

Because people who watch Fox 24 hours a day all literally have the same mindset and train of thought. Being “woke” means you are above the bullshit.