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[Men_in_Boxes]

I just had a comment removed because I brought up Coca Colas racist employee training about "being less white". It was removed because it was deemed "political".

Is wokeness / racism a political topic or a cultural / ideological topic? No big deal, I just wanted to get some clarification on where the line is drawn. Nuke thread if deemed inappropriate.

 

[Pagusas]

a cultural one thats been weaponized into a political topic. I think its best not to go into it as it will only stir up the extremist

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

a cultural one thats been weaponized into a political topic. I think its best not to go into it as it will only stir up the extremist

Yeah, I've been thinking about this the last ten minutes or so.

I think I had a problem because up until 10 minutes ago racism (discriminating based on race) wasn't a political issue. It was universally accepted as abhorrent.

But the same could be said about a number of political issues (abortion, economic strategy etc...)

The times, they are a changing.

 

[Pilgrimzero]

You can generally dismiss anyone’s opinion who uses “woke” or any variant of.

 

[hyperbertha]

You can generally dismiss anyone’s opinion who uses woke in quotes.

 

[AJUMP23]

It is both. Context matters.

 

[teezzy]

"You" can generally "dismiss" anyone's "opinion" who uses "woke" in "quotes."

 

[Nobody_Important]

It's both.

"Wokeness" is a cultural shift obviously, but most of the mindset and the beliefs that come with it are inherently political.

 

[Pol Pot]

I wonder if polytheists bitched this much on their way out

 

[HoodWinked]

It's religious since it's a cult