I am anti-woke & proud. Here’s a manifesto of what this means & why I fight woke ideology. I’m not alone in this. If you believe these too, you’re one of us. (See the end for a definition of woke.) ——— 𝟭. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 We believe individuals should be hired based on their skills and experience, not based on their race or gender. If you think that will disadvantage a race or gender, you’re actually being racist or sexist. ——— 𝟮. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗺 Back in the day, people default believed the man in rape allegations. That was bad. Woke nowadays tries to make it so people default believe the woman in rape allegations. That is 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 bad. We believe in due process. Hear both sides. Decide on each case based on the evidence. ——— 𝟯. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 Make sure everybody can apply. Sometimes this will lead to group differences, and that’s OK. Women used to be barred from most professions. When we removed the barriers, they flocked to medicine and law and now it’s close to 50-50 among students there. They didn’t flock to STEM - and that’s 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦. The reason doesn’t matter. They can join STEM if they want, and plenty of women do. But we shouldn’t aim for 50-50 women in STEM. We shouldn’t aim for “proportional representation” in any field. We should just make sure everybody’s allowed to try, and some will take up the opportunity and others won’t. Let people be adults. ——— 𝟰. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱 Did you descend from slave-owners? Or are you white, with no ancestors who owned slaves, but the same race as those who did? So what? 𝘠𝘰𝘶 never owned slaves. You’re against slavery. You shouldn’t be made to feel guilty for something outside of your control. ——— 𝟱. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 Did a black person commit a crime? Did a woman kill her husband? Did a non-white person loot a store during a riot? Then they should be held accountable for their crimes. They should not have a mob of people saying that they only did it because of racism/sexism/what-have-you. Maybe a white criminal did it because they had a hard childhood. Maybe a man raped a woman because he’s mentally ill. Nobody ever says we should let them off the hook because of that. We should apply the same standards to everybody, regardless of irrelevant group membership. Including black people and women. ——— 𝟲. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 It used to be that people by default believed white people instead of black people. That was bad. Nowadays they’re trying to make it so that, by default, you believe black people instead of white people. That is 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 bad. We should believe people based on their arguments and evidence, not based on race. The same goes for gender and all other possible group identities. ——— 𝟳. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 We believe if we disagree on an ethical question, we should try to persuade the person with reasons. We don’t believe we should bully them into submission and exile them if they don’t sufficiently bend the knee to a mob. ——— 𝟴. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 We believe police officers are there to protect people. And usually they do. Sometimes they make mistakes or there are ways to improve the institution. But we shouldn’t eliminate an institution because it could be better. ——— 𝟵. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 The ideal is to not see race. To make being black or any form of non-white a complete non-issue, much like how nobody cares if you’re descended from the Irish or Italians nowadays. Talking about race all the time and encouraging non-white people to be afraid of white people and constantly bringing up old grievances is stirring up ethnic tensions. ——— 𝟭𝟬. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝘂𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 Did you feel unsupported at work? Did you feel offended by something a colleague said? Did you feel it was unfair that somebody had more power or status than you? Fine. Welcome to the real world. Deal with it. Your every discomfort is not meant to be catered to. Life is uncomfortable. Get a helmet. ——— 𝟭𝟭. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮 Life is hard. Lots of minor to major things will happen to you and you can handle it. In fact, you can grow from it. Believing things will cause trauma creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. We believe the solution to dealing with life’s slings and arrows is to develop a thick skin. Not to create a bubble environment where the smallest thing causes you to freak out and seek a “safe space”. ——— 𝟭𝟮. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 Yes, men commit far more violence than women. Yes, some white men commit domestic abuse or hate women. Yes, some white police officers harm black people. But we should not judge a group by its worst members. Most white men never harm women. Most white police officers do not harm black people. In fact, both groups are far more likely to protect those groups than to harm them. The vast majority of men are ethical. The vast majority of men will 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 a woman in danger. That’s why judging men by their worst members is misandry. ——— 𝟭𝟯. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 Did a mentally ill sex worker say she was a victim? Did an indigenous disabled woman comment on the Indian Act? Who cares? That doesn’t make them more credible. What makes people more credible is knowledge. Being a member of a group doesn’t magically make you an expert. Depending on the mental illness, it should 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 your credibility. It might mean you’re experiencing paranoid delusions or interpreting ambiguous events as dangerous. ——— 𝟭𝟰. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 Everybody is entitled to their own opinion. Even if you don’t have much knowledge about a group or situation, you’re allowed to comment on it. Nobody should be silenced based on race or gender. ——— 𝟭𝟱. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗹𝗲 We believe if somebody makes a genuine mistake, the solution isn’t to exile them or get them fired. We believe in a path to redemption. We believe in trying to change their minds with reason and moral persuasion. We believe that if they see the error of their ways, we should forgive them. ——— 𝟭𝟲. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 Woke will do everything it can to preserve the culture and traditions of non-white people. Then they’ll turn and say any feelings of pride for white people are “white supremacy”. People are allowed to feel proud of their history without hating other groups. ——— 𝟭𝟳. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘄𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁 The indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest were warlike slave societies. The Iroquois ethnically cleansed the Wendat in the 1600s. Should they spend their days feeling guilty about their ancestors’ sins? Or should we all acknowledge that, yes, those bad things were bad, learn from them, and move on? Some white people did bad things in the past. They also did good things. Like, for example, ending slavery. That doesn’t mean we should feel endlessly guilty. We didn’t do anything bad. We should feel responsible for our own actions and those we can influence, not things beyond our control. ——— 𝟭𝟴. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 Sometimes you will have the best of intentions and still hurt somebody’s feelings. That should be taken into account when thinking about what to do about the situation. We need to respond differently to somebody who was trying to hurt you vs somebody who made an honest mistake. ——— 𝟭𝟵. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 Woke’s rallying cry for why people should come and defend the victim-heroes is that they “felt unsafe”. We say: so what? Feelings sometimes point to something real, sometimes not. You have to check. Just because you felt unsafe around a man, just because you’re afraid he’ll retaliate, doesn’t mean he’s actually dangerous. Check. If there’s real evidence, act on it. If there’s no reason to actually be afraid, get over it. The problem is 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. Fix them. Don’t make your feelings other people’s problem. ——— 𝟮𝟬. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘅𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆, 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗶𝗮 Playing the game of spot the racism/sexism/transphobia/____ism makes you fear large swathes of society. Believing most men are predators out to hurt you or sexually assault you makes you fear and dislike half of the whole population. Focusing on every single bad thing a police officer has ever done leads to distrusting the institutions designed to protect you. All of this leads to a general paranoia, believing anybody could be out to get you and distrusting every person’s intentions. Believing your skin color means you’re guilty for every single bad thing a white person has ever done makes you depressed. Same goes for feeling guilty for being a man, straight, or cis. ——— 𝟮𝟭. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁-𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 The biggest warning sign you’re in a cult is that it encourages cutting off people who are not part of the cult. If they say you should cut off family members or friends because they disagree with you, that’s bad. They are isolating you and this leads down a road of echo chambers, loneliness, and escalating abuse. ——— 𝟮𝟮. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 ____𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 Not every group difference is because of racism/sexism/transphobia, etc. It’s important to explore other possibilities. If somebody proposes another hypothesis, they should not be fired or exiled. Their arguments should be engaged with. ——— 𝟮𝟯. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 If you enjoyed or didn’t mind something at the time, it’s terrible emotional intelligence to later re-interpret it as traumatizing. It’s downright unethical to then turn that reframing into ruining the life of the person who you “were traumatized by”. You can reframe hard things into something good or neutral. You can also reframe good or neutral things into bad. One is healthy and good. The other is unhealthy and bad for the person doing it and their target. ——— 𝟮𝟰. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 A woman can choose to have sex while drunk and regret it the next day. We believe a woman can sleep with a powerful man to advance her career. We believe a woman can get a job where she thinks the work is beneath her or doesn’t like the boss. We believe a woman can get jealous or mad at a man and do serious damage and even kill him. They’re adults, and they will be treated the same as men. This is what equality means. If they did something they regret, that’s on them. They made that decision. If they committed something unethical, they will be held accountable by society. No special treatment. ——— 𝟮𝟱. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗱, 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 The indigenous people aren’t the “original” people of an area. Every single area was conquered back and forth for millennia prior. Thinking that a land belongs to a certain race and the others should all leave is racist ethnonationalism. We should not do it. ——— 𝟮𝟲. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗢𝗞 Nobody calls the Olympics black supremacist because athletes of West African descent dominate in sprinting. They’re just better at sprinting for some reason. It’s probably genetic. And that’s OK. There might be genetic differences between races and genders, and that’s OK. Judge each person as an individual, not their group averages. ——— 𝟮𝟳. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 It used to be that black people and women were silenced. That was bad. Nowadays, they’re trying to silence white people and men. That is 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 bad. Everybody should be allowed to speak, regardless of race, gender, or group membership. ——— 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝗜 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝘆 “𝘄𝗼𝗸𝗲”? Woke is a cluster of beliefs and behaviors that makes a point of hating any label, because the name inevitably becomes stigmatized. That’s because a large percentage of society hates everything they stand for. It is not stigma. It is earned dislike. But to define them: • Some other words for the cluster: social justice warriors, the far left, critical theorists, critical social justice, left identitarianism, identity politics, the Great Awokening, the regressive left • It’s the ideology that everything is about oppression, race/gender/trans, power imbalances, believing all alleged victims, cancel culture, playing spot the racism/sexism/transphobia/etc. • Its central cases are White Fragility, Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, DEI