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Jon's avatar

What recommendations (concrete steps) do you have for faculty at these woke universities to fight back?

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PoppyGordon78's avatar

Most of the faculty are the ones pushing these theories. Unfortunately. And others risk their livelihood if they speak up. It’s that cancerous.

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stacy mason's avatar

There is no such thing as "woke" its a word used to scare old white people

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Clever Pseudonym's avatar

I SMELL A TROLL

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Robert Jensen's avatar

Oh really? Actually, the word was invented by leftists. They initially used it to describe themselves and their actions. They actually saw it is a POSITIVE thing to say about themselves and people on the Left they agreed with. But now that conservatives have fully recognized what the word entails, many on the left are running away from it. Too late for that now.

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Kevin Byrne's avatar

It was actually invented by old experienced black people who had survived more open and honest racism (than the sneaky reverse racism of today) by staying "woke" to the danger posed by overt racists. As with all other smart and prudent things, modern woke-sters adopt the words, but not the behaviors, of their elders and betters from previous generations of Americans --- both black and white.

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Dennis Slatton's avatar

You seem to be quite the contrarian to most of the relevant topics on this page.

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stacy mason's avatar

I am, it's a bunch of bs. I want people to open their eyes

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Robert Jensen's avatar

I know gaslighting when I see it. And we're not buying it. Your side can't work 24/7 trying to up-end and undo 250 years of American culture, and then simply deny it when your adversaries point it out. Go peddle your fantasies on a forum where everyone is mindless; it won't work here.

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MarkM's avatar

What do you imagine Stacy is saying? Pretty vague statement.

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Kevin Byrne's avatar

You just want them to open their eyes which would make them "WOKE"! You really are a stupid woke-ster yourself!

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MarkM's avatar

Name calling usually means you have no real argument so you resort to name calling. Not impressed

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Kevin Byrne's avatar

Right. Name calling is ... name calling! The old "ad hominem".

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JL's avatar

"...I want people to open their eyes" What do you mean? Open them to...who, what, where?

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Ann Doshi's avatar

I’m old and white and not the slightest bit scared.

I laugh in the face of wokism wokery or whatever you like to call it!

These pernicious ideas have seeped into the fabric of our society and I challenge the people that I come into contact with that spout this nonsense. On a one to one level it’s important to try to have dialogue but on the policy level we need to step up the fight. Rufo leads by example he right - talking will only get you so far, action is what is needed. Join a school board get involved with a political party or join politics at the local level.

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Kevin Byrne's avatar

You shouldn't laugh at "wokism" because it is actually Marxist "class struggle" so-called theory. It actually works, whenever people get poor enough and dumb enough to buy into it. That process is well under way. Young people can't afford to buy their own homes these days. American pensions are invested in Ponzi schemes. One good economic collapse and you could end up in an actual class war between and among drag queens, regular folks, antifascists [i.e. Leninist revolutionary types] and alleged right wing extremists, like Mr. Rufo.

My bet is that "the drag queens" have a 50/50 chance of being the winners 'cause they are so mean when you cross them and have really long finger nails, while Mr. Rufo and friends have nice, safe, manicures. Wouldn't be your first civil war. Might not be the last civil war either.

Your friend, in Canada, where WOKE First Nations are winning all the battles and its like seeing an entirely SUBVERTED John Wayne movie. John loses every time.

Kevin

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Ann Doshi's avatar

I think you misunderstood my comment re: laughter…..maybe consider me a happy warrior?! I am aware that it is Cultural Marxism that we now face, dividing people on the basis of skin color and sex and so on, as opposed to Classical Marxism based on economic divisions. My observation of the left is they take themselves far to seriously and they don’t look happy. Maybe it’s what happens to someone when they feel the burden to save the world falls on their shoulders? This is what I find funny, the tragic earnestness, something that you don’t find on the right.

And your final paragraph “Your friend, in Canada, …..” I find it enigmatic, maybe you could clarify? I do have a cousin in Vancouver but no friends. However I do enjoy a good John Wayne movie.

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Sara Bush's avatar

Mr. RUFO is not what comes to mid when I hear “right wing extremist”. He is insightful, honest, has an opinion and agenda to go forward with them.That does not equate to extremism.

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Kevin Byrne's avatar

It actually does "equate to extremism" by his WOKE-ster adversaries. To anyone with an IQ above 80, Mr. Rufo is a small-L liberal American who actually understands both English and the code words of left wing extremists. I guess you missed my irony. Mr. Rufo is a good guy --- but he is a right wing extremist to bad guys. And that would make you a "good gal". Good for you and your support of a good guy.

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GGG's avatar

Not true. BLM themselves and others employed the term “woke” for several years and wrote and spoke about it online for quite awhile so it became part of our current vernacular.

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Karl Gruda's avatar

Woke is a Gnostic Cult.

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Miles R.'s avatar

There's no such thing as "woke": now conform to these diversity, equity, and inclusion policies without raising any questions about them or you will be made exceedingly unwelcome in this place of employment.

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