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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 393475" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>To be honest, neither do I. It starts with the first post and then all you can do is wait and see where it's going to take us.</p><p></p><p>I didn't start this thread with a woke or anti-woke attitude.</p><p>"The wokeness of the woke backlash" isn't about what they're saying, but how they say it. No matter how nobel the intentions are, there's still the danger of narrow-mindedness that could *possibly* jeopardize the very freedom it stands for. These things can happen in a very, very tricky way and we're usually not aware of it.</p><p>And it is <em>because </em> I had been watching several woke-backlash videos continuously (and then finally the pop song video) that I felt a somewhat unsettling feeling creeping up on me.</p><p>Again, that doesn't automatically mean that I disagree with what they're saying, and that doesn't automatically mean that I'm underestimating the havoc created by the woke culture.</p><p></p><p>That's what I meant when I mentioned the rapid sub-change within the bigger change. That's what makes it so difficult to keep track of the things that are important, the changes we need to work on simply because they have arrived. It gets very messy and complicated when topics that are deceptively similar to the main changes are pushed to the forefront, but because those sub-topics are so juicy and feisty and deliciously discussable it's very tempting to think that <em>that</em> is what it's ALL about.</p><p></p><p>But it's not a crime to be a (self-imposed) representative, it's not a crime to be an awful influencer, it's not a crime to upload those horrible click-bait videos etc etc.</p><p>Unless, of course, something actually becomes a crime. But before that happens, we ourselves also need to take some responsibility.</p><p></p><p>Unlike you, <strong><em>whore!</em></strong>, I'm above personal insults. I'm sophisticated!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 393475, member: 8"] To be honest, neither do I. It starts with the first post and then all you can do is wait and see where it's going to take us. I didn't start this thread with a woke or anti-woke attitude. "The wokeness of the woke backlash" isn't about what they're saying, but how they say it. No matter how nobel the intentions are, there's still the danger of narrow-mindedness that could *possibly* jeopardize the very freedom it stands for. These things can happen in a very, very tricky way and we're usually not aware of it. And it is [I]because [/I] I had been watching several woke-backlash videos continuously (and then finally the pop song video) that I felt a somewhat unsettling feeling creeping up on me. Again, that doesn't automatically mean that I disagree with what they're saying, and that doesn't automatically mean that I'm underestimating the havoc created by the woke culture. That's what I meant when I mentioned the rapid sub-change within the bigger change. That's what makes it so difficult to keep track of the things that are important, the changes we need to work on simply because they have arrived. It gets very messy and complicated when topics that are deceptively similar to the main changes are pushed to the forefront, but because those sub-topics are so juicy and feisty and deliciously discussable it's very tempting to think that [I]that[/I] is what it's ALL about. But it's not a crime to be a (self-imposed) representative, it's not a crime to be an awful influencer, it's not a crime to upload those horrible click-bait videos etc etc. Unless, of course, something actually becomes a crime. But before that happens, we ourselves also need to take some responsibility. Unlike you, [B][I]whore![/I][/B], I'm above personal insults. I'm sophisticated! [/QUOTE]
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