Red Mosquito

VinylGuy wrote:BOOMMM

Fake woke, fake woke, you all whites are all a bunch of fake woke, fake woke

well, the term "woke" wasn't even meant for us originally so yeah

damn we dont have anything

The right's appropriation and weaponizing of that word is so hilariously dumb. And awful. And...

epilogue wrote:The right's appropriation and weaponizing of that word is so hilariously dumb. And awful. And...

I actually love it. To be woke means to be aware. They are literally anti-awareness/anti-intelligence. It's honest and hilarious. They want to take us back to the dark ages and halt social progress. Fuck those people. They are truly bad people.

epilogue wrote:The right's appropriation and weaponizing of that word is so hilariously dumb. And awful. And...

the right appropriates pretty much everything....

Language is fluid. Wokeness no doubt had honest beginnings, but now we've got white people claiming that you're racist if you condemn Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock.

It's unbelievably stupid, and deserves to be satirized.

well there is going to be stupid people everywhere i guess

VinylGuy wrote:well there is going to be stupid people everywhere i guess

That's what I've been saying the whole time!

cool

i feel stupid now

No, not you!

Ello Sailor wrote:Language is fluid. Wokeness no doubt had honest beginnings, but now we've got white people claiming that you're racist if you condemn Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock.

It's unbelievably stupid, and deserves to be satirized.

the word "woke" had beginnings in the Black community; white people misusing it is a bit more than language evolution or fluidity

are we sure Kendrick Lamar gives a shit about the Will Smith thing?

Ms Harmless wrote:are we sure Kendrick Lamar gives a shit about the Will Smith thing?

No.

What?

Lots of slang comes from the black community. They're just very good at it!

Ello Sailor wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:are we sure Kendrick Lamar gives a shit about the Will Smith thing?

No.

What?

you said "condemn"

that's a strong word, I'm just wondering if Kendrick Lamar would think that was cool

Jorge wrote:Lots of slang comes from the black community. They're just very good at it!

well sure, but appropriation is a thing too

Ms Harmless wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:are we sure Kendrick Lamar gives a shit about the Will Smith thing?

No.

What?

you said "condemn"

that's a strong word, I'm just wondering if Kendrick Lamar would think that was cool

Why would you wonder such a thing? Is Kendrick the new Ja Rule?

In N95 he basically scoffs at cancel culture because he's going to say what he thinks of you crackas whether you like it or not. I didn't think he was against it because it could affect his career per se.

But in the words of Stringer Bell, I don't know shit about shit.

Notwithstanding my thoughts on the art, I think that sentiment is pretty fair. Unfortunately in our society, the line between what is discourse and what is offensive has been completely blurred and undefined, leaving folks to choose to completely disengage in discourse (probably a very strong majority) or to stomp on the hornet’s nest, consequences be damned (Trump is currently making a living doing this for better or worse regardless of your political preferences). It leaves most of the public listless at the least, reflexively defensive at worst and doesn’t accomplish the perceived goal of making a more fair and open society. In art, this is even more exaggerated because tearing down famous people is the easiest way to get attention for your cause.

In other words, if you are going to have a woke/cancel culture, you have to define what the rules are before you enforce them. Otherwise, you’ll find the other side much more effective at stomping on you because they feel like they can’t do much else - especially when apologies aren’t leading to forgiveness.