First off, I should probably disclose that I'm white myself and I apologise if I come across as cack-handed.
Generally, I lurk this forum, but there is something that's come up in the White Feminism thread that bothers me a lot about Mumsnet, and I'm glad BMN posters have mentioned it, because it really annoys me. And that's Mumsnet posters using the word 'woke' as an insult.
Just now, there's a thread about a crying little girl at the England v Germany game and horrible men on Twitter calling her a slut, a Nazi and so on. One poster took it as an opportunity to claim that it was 'woke' people, ad I quote: "And these are the same people who are oh-so-woke, and attack people like JK Rowling for naff-all, and call Brexiters, thick racist gammon. Hilariously disingenuous. Typical of some of the people on Twitter."
Leaving aside the fact that, in my experience, it tends to be right-wing fans who do this sort of shit, I don't even get the logic here, other than it's just an excuse to complain about 'wokeness'. I don't even know what 'woke' means on Mumsnet any more. According to various posters, it means being angry and intolerant and not listening politely in debates; not voting Conservative; believing that trans women are women; not liking JK Rowling; being angry about racism; supporting Black Lives Matter and taking the knee. I don't think there's a consensus on what 'woke' is, other than that it's bad.
How do you all feel about 'woke' being used as an insult on here, just out of interest?
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Using 'woke' as an insult
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PhilSwagielka · 01/07/2021 21:45
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