Subj : Re: @RonL. $ @Aaron
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Mike Powell
Date : Fri Mar 01 2024 18:57:05

 >  KW>  AT> It might just be a test to see how woke the residents are.

 >  KW> Define "Woke".

 > I forgot to reply to this part of your message:

 > Since approximately 2020, aka the year of the real insurrection, leftists
 > coined the term "woke" and have tricked conservatives into using the term in
 > reference to liberal policies and ideas.

It predates 2020.

It was originally a term coined by "progressives" as a way to say "stay alert"
to issues that affect marginalized and/or their own communities.
"Conservatives" have used it, in turn, to point out persons who seem "over
sensitive" and who seem over-consumed with things like identity politics to the
point where they view *everything* in such terms.

An example would be "The main reason that Hillary Clinton lost the 2016
election is sexism," an idea framed in identity politics that was circulated by
some "woke" pundits after her election loss.  The real main reason is that she
campaigned to her supporters only and failed to build support among the
independents and undecided voters.

Trump repeated this same mistake during his 2020 campaign with messages that
were targeted towards his existing base.

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