So, I see that the interview of an anti-woke commentator went viral because she froze and couldn't define "woke." I saw the headline but didn't bother watching it, because - does it matter? If someone is anti-fascist, and yet can't define it (I'm sure many people would have difficulty), does that mean there is no such thing as fascism or being against it. Many people would disagree with one another on what and who are fascist. It's only used in a positive way by those who almost everyone deplores. E.g., to me, there are few groups more fascist in our country than Antifa, despite its name.
In any event, though it is very hard to define ideologies - I've even realized my own definition of fascism probably wasn't good enough - I'd like to jump in with a suggestion, the same way I make top ten sports lists, even though there are usually more than ten people who deserve to be on it.
Lincoln wrote about different views on the same word:
“The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others the same word may mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men’s labor. Here are two, not only different, but incompatible things, called by the same name, liberty. And it follows that each of the things is, by the respective parties, called by two different and incompatible names, liberty and tyranny. The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep’s throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as a liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty, especially as the sheep was a black one. Plainly the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of the word liberty.”
So, what is woke? It is actually similar to fascism, which I remind you is different every time it arises but ends up pretty much the same way. Now, a dictionary, the modern makers of which are often (it seems) left-wing, would define it differently than I do. For example, Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, whose editors are probably woke themselves, defines it as: "1: aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)."
That's nonsense, of course, because it describes everyone from followers of Martin Luther King, Jr. to Nazis. The two just would just have different versions of what social justice (which, in reality, is the opposite of justice). The woke are left-wing in our society, and they do not agree with Nazis or MLK, Jr., whose philosophy they treat with contempt, despite giving lip service to his celebration.
Here's my first attempt. I may refine it later on:
Woke is: "A fascist religious and political movement in which proponents seek to replace positive achievements like success through merit and character with superficial characteristics such as race and gender, often rely on falsehoods to support their cause and use coercion, intimidation and violence to obtain their goals."
Of course, some will argue, but fascism is only an antiquated Italian movement (which, it was, but we still use the word today to mean other things that are similar to that movement. And, some will define it as right-wing and others as left, but it can be either.
There are many other things I could say about being woke. It's anti-democratic, anti-capitalistic, anti-humanitarian, etc. There have been books on it. The above covers the definition nut and for once I will end my post quickly.
