You wouldn't expect M&M's, Xbox's power saving mode, and Splash Mountain to have anything in common. In a normal world, they wouldn't, but the country we live in has become far from that. The uniting thread amongst these three disparate things is they've all become sources of ire for the right wing, who claims they're all woke. Merriam Webster defines "woke" as aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice). To put a finer point on it, we're talking about racial and LGTBQ equality, and our impact to the environment. Personally, I think being woke is a positive thing, but the term has become an epithet to the to the right. Something to be scorned and railed against, regardless of how trivial.
Their favorite phrase is "go woke, go broke", indicating corporations with inclusive policies should be punished. Funny, when I was a member of the Republican party, one of our pillars was there should be a free market, without any sort of outside intervention from the government. But I digress, as usual.
In fact, there's nothing in conservatism that supports anti woke doctrine; as a lifelong conservative, I'd know. The anti woke movement is nothing more than hatred, bigotry, and racism.
We all know that the US isn't made up solely of straight, white people. The numbers below clearly illustrate that.
Woke means a society that's inclusive for those in the above groups, being culturally sensitive and affording the same respect as the majority. No one in our society should be shunned, looked down upon, or worse because of the color of their skin or who they love. Even ugly people.
A decade ago, it seemed the country was moving in a more positive direction in this respect, but once a certain Cheeto faced traitor came into the picture, that forward momentum stopped on a dime and began to reverse course. One of my favorite quotes sums him up perfectly. "Donald Trump gave people permission to be their worst selves."
Those people at their worst are hateful toward anyone who isn't like them. Instead of protecting the rights of their constituents, many at the state level are working harder than ever to eliminate the "woke threat". The biggest offender is Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, who kicked off his crusade against equality with his famous "Don't Say Gay" law. His most recent acts of fascism include banning Advanced Placement African American Studies curriculum (developed by the College Board!), stating it "has no educational value" and banning numerous books from schools his Hitler youth decency cabal consider as pornographic or indoctrinate children. The perfect example of how batshit evil this fuck is, one of the books he banned is "And Tango Makes Three", a story about two male penguins coming together and raising a chick as a family. It's a fucking true story and fucking harmless! If that weren't sufficiently reprehensible, he's banned all books about black history prior to 1970. He's single handedly attempting to erase both the black and LGTBQ populations from the education system in his state.
For the purposes of this article, we can use "indoctrination" and "grooming" interchangeably. I'll stick with the former, because the latter universally applies to those who cut dogs' hair and right wing males who are the primary abusers of children. Incidentally, I'd feel more comfortable dropping my kids with a pair of drag queens than white clergy members; statistics show they'd be much safer. What DeSatan, and other right wingers, are concerned your children will be indoctrinated to hate the US and they'll become gay. How 1950's of them.
First, the country does have flaws, plenty of them and particularly in our past. Learning that blacks were (and continue to be) the targets of discrimination, hatred, and horrendous acts of violence is not indoctrination; it's the fucking truth. Much as the right wingers would like to pretend "Song of the South" was an accurate depiction of life for blacks post Civil War, with singing and happiness, it fucking wasn't. These fucks want to keep Confederate monuments because "we can't ignore history", and yet they desperately want to suppress real black history in America.
Anyone who thinks learning about such things will turn kids against their country is a flaming idiot. Providing a dumbed down, rosy version of history is unhealthy, when it comes to childhood development. Reading opposing viewpoints exercises young folks' critical thinking skills; take that away and we'll be left with an entire generation of drones, unfit for the real world. Even worse, we're perpetuating the hatred toward minorities. Perhaps that's just fine for the right wing klan, but it sure as hell isn't for the majority of Americans.
This also applies to them becoming gay, simply by learning gay and trans people exist and maybe not trying to kill them like a dumb redneck. Becoming more educated about the LGBTQ community won't cause little Johnny to come home and want to cut his dick off and dress like George Santos. Despite some mouth breathers' assertions, LGBTQ folks aren't out recruiting younger members. These are fantasies made up by the right, who still think homosexuality is a mental illness. Except I'm fairly certain they're a lot less hateful to someone with severe depression than that "gay affliction".
Being gay or trans isn't a choice; the human brain is an incredibly complex organ and you can't just reprogram something that's intrinsically hard wired into someone.
Make no mistake, these measures by the inbred hate crowd want so badly will have a dire impact on the children they're claiming to want to protect. Forcing LGTBQ young people to be ashamed of and suppress who they are will result in more suicides and substance abuse.
Right wingers are deathly afraid of anything that they perceive as jeopardizing their white, straight influence in society, their way of life. And they'll fight those perceived threats with intense ferocity and hatred, hence the increase in violence toward these groups. What makes things worse is how right wing media amplifies some of the issues with outright fabrications.
For the record, I understand where these hate filled people are coming from. I grew up in a rural portion of Pennsylvania in the 80's, so my attitude toward these groups wasn't exactly friendly. However, something happened that changed my perspective; I grew the fuck up. Perhaps others may benefit from this same transformation.
Circling back to the atrocities I mentioned at the beginning, the M&M controversy was because the brand apparently designated certain colors as spokescandies supporting for LGTBQ and making them less sexualized. Tucker Carlson was particularly animated about this one. It's a fucking candy, you malignant fuck! Get over it!
The Xbox power saving mode, where it powers down when not in use, was accused of being woke about climate change, something these idiots still deny (they do that with a lot of things). How much of a fucking moron must you be to radically object to a feature that lowers your electric bill?
Splash Mountain shut down because it's based on "Song of the South", a movie so rife with destructive racial stereotypes that Disney permanently removed it from their catalog a couple of decades ago. Again, the right is crying about "destroying history", but as usual, it's only the history they believe that matters to them, regardless of accuracy.
I'll throw in one last current outrage for the right, which is potential regulation of gas stoves. It isn't fucking woke to want to address a cooking method that accounts for 12% of childhood asthma, you dimwits; it's about protecting those kids you're so concerned will be indoctrinated. You remember them, don't you? Ultimately, this anti woke movement has nothing to do with concern for children, as anyone who listens to these people already know.
This so-called conservative movement is one of sensitive snowflakes, becoming upset over the least perceived slight. It's only made worse by them solely consuming right wing media, which exists solely to rile these people up. But that's another entry.
But for fuck sake, you right wing looneys are ready to give yourselves coronaries over chocolate candies, then claim it was the vax that caused it. Seriously, get a life.
Don't forget to read about another example of Twitter's multiple sets of rules.
https://theinsightfulbachelor.blogspot.com/2023/01/protection-for-some-under-elmo.html
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