08-30-2020, 03:17 AM
(08-30-2020, 03:00 AM)Finspiracy Wrote: Maybe i was not clear enough, or maybe i have this "woke" thing understood in a wrong manner inside my head. As a some kind of a semi-insult. The "normal" people view "woke" people like the woke ones ride on a some kind of a high horse. Like the woke ones "know" better.
And it can be used to write off a person completely. Let me fabricate a conversation: Person 1 says: "I accept homosexuals. There is plenty of hatred in this world, some loving will not hurt anyone. Let them do what they do, i am cool with that." Person 2, with a voice full of disrespect, says: "oh, so you are one of those woke ones, ha-ha!"
That's fairly accurate. Folks claiming that THEY are "woke" are sincere in their belief that their fantasy dream world is objective reality, but the term has come to be used as a pejorative by their opposition, folks who never fell asleep to begin with, and have been watching events in the real world with some interest. They find it amusing that dreamers think they are awake.
As far as the homosexuality angle goes, I've never cared who sticks what in whom, or how. If it ain't me, it ain't none of my business. That's not being "woke", it's just cultivating an ability to mind my own business, and let other folks look after theirs as they see fit.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’