The word, "woke " has had multiple definition changes.
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If you very carefully examine the usage of this and other such terminology, you'll find that these words have no fixed definitions in the accepted sense.
A prime example would be the word "nazi". What do you think the definition of the word "nazi" is internally, in the mind of the average leftist? Sure, if pressed for a definition, they would make a bunch of mouth noises at your face because they know they're not supposed to admit that they use words with no definition. Do you think "definitions" from any two of them would coincide if asked separately? I daresay you'd have to look quite a while to find that.
So really, these terms are not even words. "Nazi" is just meant to convey, "The person I point to when i say 'nazi' is not one of us, a bad person, to be considered a threat." Like if you approach a gang of wild monkeys and one of them orients towards you, screeches, and bares it's teeth, are those words? No, but the other monkeys get it.
You bring me back to acting like my elder bemoaning the education kids are getting these days.
Used to think an old teammate was trolling me when we would argue over definitions. I was still asleep and didn't realize the level of indoctrination. "Words don't mean anything. They're just containers for ideas"
Bitch that's the definition of a definition.
Step 1 of amy philosophical discussion is an agreement of terms. A few topics that have repeatedly failed that basic mark include "woke" and "climate change"
It's weird that the definition of this one word is being argued.
We were using 'woke' in various forms in the 90s. Stemming the obvious roots of phrases 'awoke to the fact', 'woke from the dream', 'don't sleep', 'eyes wide open,' etc...
There's no mystery to the definition and origins of woke. Maybe the exact phrase 'stay woke' wasn't coined yet, but there's nothing more to the word than being vigilant and in tune with what's really going on.
So what's 'woke' now as a brand is the opposite of actually being awake.
You've described why based was coined.
These days it means "whatever right wingers don't like".
https://www.okayplayer.com/originals/what-does-woke-mean-history-origins-erykah-badu-georgia-muldrow.html
By refusing to acknowledge that this hasn't been the meaning of woke for a very long time Miss Badu takes it as derogatory to black people.
Lol I know. Just do what I do and call anything you don't like "woke!" It makes life easier!