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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She was telling you she voted for Trump.  I don't know if she wanted you to be "one of the good ones" and signal back that you did too, or if she was trying to subtly gloat that her side is ascendant so now she doesn't have to pretend to care anymore about "celebrating all the holidays" and "having civil discourse with people in an interracial marriage."   [/quote]

This. I'm as liberal as they come- and sometimes some things can be over the top even for me. I still don't use the MAGA-co-opted word 'woke' to describe this. It's a dog whistle. To have asked 'tell me more about what you mean?' would have resulted in you learning further details on what you don't want to be true. This is better. You can pretend not to know this about her and remain friends or let this die so she can commit to her red-pill rabbit hole echo chamber location.[/quote]

Maybe to you, being liberal as they come, the word “woke” is a dog whistle.  I think to most people, the word “woke” embodies why the Dems lost the election to one of the weakest presidential candidates in history.  The far left lost this elections, not your average Dems, and your average Dem wouldn’t be offended or “rattled” by someone not liking “woke” culture.  [/quote]

PP here and I totally agree except on one point- that word- "woke" and yes, one can make it 'my problem' that the word is a hangup but I am far from alone with use of this alienating word. It sums up the polarization of MAGA vs 'alt left' and why the twain does not meet. One side cares in a very specific way about topics that are polarizing to some/many. The other side is offended at even being asked to consider caring in a very specific way due to said polarization. No middle ground.

It's the use of the word that concerns me- and I am not sure everyone is aware of it's origins. Which is part of the problem. Again, because it's a dog whistle as its use is now pejorative. It's no longer a compliment or an indicator of human-rights enlightenment. Not sure what's more offensive than taking a positive AAVE word, assigning negativity to it/ bastardizing the meaning and co-opting it so that it's intended use no longer exists. Very Machiavellian. Same with use of of the word 'patriot'. It used to mean something else/not have a negative connotation, but nowadays, if someone is using that word- the word 'patriot' is not actually what they are signaling.

Some people may truly be ignorant that they are using an offensive term (no matter what term that is- as there are many), but when you know better, you do better. If you care to. It's not a fight/enlightenment I'd bother picking with someone unless I knew the person very well and I knew they didn't want to come off the way they were by their use of language.

Words ARE just words. But certain words exacerbate/perpetuate the polarization so there is no mediation for middle of the road 'common sense' people regardless of party.[/quote]

Thank you for giving the perfect example of what OP’s friend is glad to be away from. [/quote]

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