• jsomae@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Waving your hands and saying “woke is not an insult” will not stop it from being used as an insult. But we can counter by using MAGA as an insult.

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      3 months ago

      yup. but it also takes away their power when they’re like “you’re woke!” and you’re like “oh, you really think so? that’s wonderful”

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        3 months ago

        yeah if you can pull it off but tbh it’s probably not going to go as well as you might picture it in your head.

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          3 months ago

          no for sure. it’s a two prong attack of counterpropaganda. the first is responding immediately by saying MAGA or MAGAt like its a hateful term (easy, it is) but the other prong is within our own circles reminding ourselves that woke folk get shit done and it’s a good thing to be