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Ron DeSantis using woke as a slur in his messaging will not play to people outside his base, a politics expert tells Joy Reid. - Aired on 03/10/2023.
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DeSantis can use woke as slur but it won't play outside base expert says - The ReidOut - MSNBC (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Mar 2023
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Since polling show people overwhelmingly have a positive take on wokeness
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2023
#6
Same here - until I read post #1 which explained it so I could understand:
Rhiannon12866
Mar 2023
#5
A GOP war on 'woke'? Most Americans view the term as a positive, USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2023
#7
LetMyPeopleVote
(146,209 posts)1. The term woke is a positive thing to sane people
Rhiannon12866
(207,437 posts)2. Thank you! Now that clearly explains it!
And it also looks like we're on the right side...
LetMyPeopleVote
(146,209 posts)6. Since polling show people overwhelmingly have a positive take on wokeness
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(8,254 posts)3. yes! true for even a third of repubs
katmondoo
(6,458 posts)4. I don't understand woke, I think it is absolutely stupid.
Rhiannon12866
(207,437 posts)5. Same here - until I read post #1 which explained it so I could understand:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017811692#post1
LetMyPeopleVote (126,044 posts)
1. The term woke is a positive thing to sane people
LetMyPeopleVote (126,044 posts)
1. The term woke is a positive thing to sane people
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LetMyPeopleVote
(146,209 posts)7. A GOP war on 'woke'? Most Americans view the term as a positive, USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds
I think that the war on Woke is a dumb idea. The GOP is attacking a concept that makes sense. These attacks will backfire
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/08/gop-war-woke-most-americans-see-term-positive-ipsos-poll/11417394002/
Republican presidential hopefuls are vowing to wage a war on "woke," but a new USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds a majority of Americans are inclined to see the word as a positive attribute, not a negative one.
Fifty-six percent of those surveyed say the term means "to be informed, educated on, and aware of social injustices." That includes not only three-fourths of Democrats but also more than a third of Republicans.
Overall, 39% say instead that the word reflects what has become the GOP political definition, "to be overly politically correct and police others' words." That's the view of 56% of Republicans.
The findings raise questions about whether Republican campaign promises to ban policies at schools and workplaces they denounce as "woke" could boost a contender in the party's primaries but put them at odds with broader public opinion in the general election.
Independents, by 51%-45%, say "woke" means being aware of social injustice, not being overly politically correct.
Most Americans understand that to be woke is to be tuned in to injustices around us, said Cliff Young of Ipsos. "But for a key segment of Republicans who make up the Trump-DeSantis base, 'woke' is a clear trigger for the worst of the politically correct, emerging multicultural majority."
Fifty-six percent of those surveyed say the term means "to be informed, educated on, and aware of social injustices." That includes not only three-fourths of Democrats but also more than a third of Republicans.
Overall, 39% say instead that the word reflects what has become the GOP political definition, "to be overly politically correct and police others' words." That's the view of 56% of Republicans.
The findings raise questions about whether Republican campaign promises to ban policies at schools and workplaces they denounce as "woke" could boost a contender in the party's primaries but put them at odds with broader public opinion in the general election.
Independents, by 51%-45%, say "woke" means being aware of social injustice, not being overly politically correct.
Most Americans understand that to be woke is to be tuned in to injustices around us, said Cliff Young of Ipsos. "But for a key segment of Republicans who make up the Trump-DeSantis base, 'woke' is a clear trigger for the worst of the politically correct, emerging multicultural majority."
LetMyPeopleVote
(146,209 posts)8. Deathsantis' legal definition of the term "woke"
Here is the official legal definition of the term "woke" according to DeathSantis' attorneys
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https://www.pride.com/politics/desantis-woke#rebelltitem1
It is hard to believe they could say this without questioning themselves, but this actually happened. Florida's Stop WOKE Act that DeSantis brought to life made it it illegal for anyone who takes state money, including teachers and most college professors, to espouse that unquestionably accurate belief.
DeSantis' lawyers were forced by the court to define "woke." The lead lawyer described it as "The belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them." https://t.co/O5HGJuJIay
DeSantis' lawyers were forced by the court to define "woke." The lead lawyer described it as "The belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them." https://t.co/O5HGJuJIay
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MagaSmash
(5,645 posts)9. Somebody ask him precisely what he means by woke? I want a DEFINITION.
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