• JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Also a reminder that woke is used negatively by the same people who cannot tell the difference between badly photoshopped letters and a gang tattoo.

    • parody@lemmings.world
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      6 hours ago

      Twas an obvious superimposition of letters to (likely) lie about the meaning of the tattoo, no?

      Know MANY people saw:

      [Below, As Undisclosed Photoshop]

      After seeing pixels over years I saw:

      Obviously the fact that you & 66 others just in this thread, and hundreds or thousands online are upset about the superimposition, indicate it was stupid/dishonest. Sigh what else is new w/current admin!

    • mitch@piefed.mitch.science
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      2 days ago

      I think it’s wild that the word ‘woke’ entirely replaced the selective outrage on the 2010s over “CRT,” a bogyman that most white conservatives still cannot define.

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        2 days ago

        My stupid ass: “why did the conservatives have an issue with Cathode Ray Tube TVs?”

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        2 days ago

        See also: politically correct (PC) and social justice warrior (SJW)…all just fancy ways to call someone a commie pinko bleeding heart socialist. The Red Scare never really stopped, and neither did the Lavender Scare

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        I struggle to understand how you guys in the US missed the signs. I mean… stuff like “they are eating the dogs” should sparkle some doubts, right?