i don't think that's always true, i'm talking about the term as it is commonly used around the internet today. After all, language is malleable and words are not static. I don't believe that your classic definition is applicable any more.
As for Bethany Mandel, the rapid shift in meaning lately is WHY it's hard to define.
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The meaning hasn't shifted. the words "woke" and "awake" still mean what they meant 100 years ago. Folks like Bethany Mandel who are trying and FAILING to shift and stretch the meaning of a really simple term are hilariously inept as they try to…
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I think it’s hilarious that anti-wokesters will go “man means this and woman means that and these are immutable and unchangeable forever and ever and the LEFTIST CABAL is trying to change them to take over the world and destroy the nuclear…
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