I don’t understand why RMNJ’s use the word “woke” as a derogatory against those they disagree with. “Woke” implies that you are alert and ready to be productive in your daily affairs what ever they may be. Are we to presume that all RWNJ’s are asleep? Being asleep implies not being alert, not doing anything productive and certainly not capable of making decisions. DeSantis, who likes to call anyone who disagrees with his policies ‘woke” is a perfect example of one who misuses the term. For him not being woke to me implies being a mindless zombie just following orders without thinking about what you are following. I don’t even want to begin to express my feelings about Trump and what the word might imply for him.
If the ability to think clearly about issues and actually be able to see both sides and make a rational choice as to what is right, what is wrong and what is none of my business with respect to sexuality and what I do with my body makes me “woke” then I am “woke”. To me DeSantis, Trump, and the rest of the RWNJ’s who don’t want to examine what it truly means to be a free American and live in a free country I have a new expression to describe you, “mindless fascistic zombies”. I would love nothing more than this, or some modification thereof, to be used against those who would seek to turn our country in an authoritarian direction.