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So Woke You End Up Back At Being Racist
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Eeeeeeeh, I get that it's supposed to be funny but a lot of those views aren't "woke" at all and seem like a conservative view of what being woke is. Seeing that the comments are mostly conservative folks saying "man they nailed the hypocrisy of the left" doesn't inspire much confidence in the messaging of this video either.
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I mean, I don't see it as "all woke people are like this", but just an exaggeration of the times some people do manage to come full circle while trying to help which is a site to see.
Like in my case, a former manager making a racial gaf during a meeting. Didn't notice or care personally, but then I get single out to receive the apology along with a "I don't see race speech". Like, that kind of thing is why I found this funny.
This video fucking sucks. But it did garner the praise of The Federalist which described it as a "hilarious viral video which calls out hypocrisy in 'woke' movement" which is always a good sign....
It's a fucking bullshit strawman that is used, by racists, to discredit the left.
It's a fucking bullshit strawman that is used, by racists, to discredit the left.
This video has been making rounds in right wing circles and they all love it along with centrists... it's almost like it's made specifically to dunk on the left
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Yeah, I tried to look at the original profile of the dude who made it and I think he's not conservative, considering he has a clip discouraging people from going outside and spreading the virus but I have neither the passion nor time to delve further.
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Close enough. I will say that moving from the east coast to the west coast, I did pick up a lot more on concepts of privilege, inherent bias, and the idea of being anti-racist. Those ideas weren't prevalent when I lived back east. It just feels incredibly uptight compared to a place like Miami where you have multiple cultures mingling and integrating together. Like a bunch of white people making rules about how to talk to minorities instead of just acting like a normal person.
I know a "woke" dude just like the one on the video (from Portland, of course) lmao
He's less woke and more sleeping with eyes drawn on his eyelids. I don't know what kind of pasty white echo chamber you need to be in to develop those kind of views, but luckily they're not the norm
Thankfully this is mostly just a strawman type woke dude who doesn't typically exist
He's less woke and more sleeping with eyes drawn on his eyelids. I don't know what kind of pasty white echo chamber you need to be in to develop those kind of views, but luckily they're not the norm
Thankfully this is mostly just a strawman type woke dude who doesn't typically exist
Yeah, I tried to look at the original profile of the dude who made it and I think he's not conservative, considering he has a clip discouraging people from going outside and spreading the virus but I have neither the passion nor time to delve further.
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Centrists love saying caring about racial oppression is just as bad as racism itself. Racists love saying the left is just as racist for caring about non white races. The only people who don't find something to agree with in this video are actual people on the left that somehow think that maybe thinking minorities shouldn't be oppressed and murdered isn't as bad as actually oppressing and murdering minorities. It's a bullshit argument that is either actively right wing or feeds into the right wing.
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Idk, seems like something my shitty right wing friend would share but I don't have any problem believing that the dudes that made it are both leftists
This is one of those videos where thinking it's funny and accurate actually says more about you than it says about the group being made fun of (in this case, the left).
Why would a woke person say 'Black people should only shop at black businesses'? I dont get the logic
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I mean, one of the jokes was specifically based on Biden's breakfast club interview, but what does that say about me exactly?
There's definitely a satire to be made for fair-weather allies scraping for convenient woke points only to flake when it really matters, but uh, this aint it.
Yeah, I tried to look at the original profile of the dude who made it and I think he's not conservative, considering he has a clip discouraging people from going outside and spreading the virus but I have neither the passion nor time to delve further.
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Tried some other videos, not really funny and i think it's probably trying to be centrist humour or something.
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I thought this was just going to be a topic on the idea in general, which is something I can honestly get behind based on shit I've run into the last couple years. Like, I could write a whole paragraph on how this is essentially why TERFs are a thing, for example.
Instead there's....this.
Sorry, but nah, dude, ain't seeing it. Woke Guy says X, Racist Guy recontextualizes X to emphasize it as pro-white or anti-color, Woke Guy goes "eh sure I guess". Repeat through the rest of the vid. It doesn't come off as a satire of people dunking on lefties, it just looks like...people dunking on lefties.
Instead there's....this.
Sorry, but nah, dude, ain't seeing it. Woke Guy says X, Racist Guy recontextualizes X to emphasize it as pro-white or anti-color, Woke Guy goes "eh sure I guess". Repeat through the rest of the vid. It doesn't come off as a satire of people dunking on lefties, it just looks like...people dunking on lefties.
No shame in misinterpreting things, OP.
(And I know it's against ToS to comment without fully parsing the full context, but) As a black dude, i refuse to watch a video of two white dudes mocking "woke" culture, as if it's not driven by PoC.
(And I know it's against ToS to comment without fully parsing the full context, but) As a black dude, i refuse to watch a video of two white dudes mocking "woke" culture, as if it's not driven by PoC.
Even if they made this with the best of intentions, it doesn't mean they're guaranteed to have a good take.
Yes, at times 'overly-woke' people say idiotic things that aren't helpful but I've certainly never heard a leftist say "interracial relationships are bad" and "black people should only shop at black businesses" whereas I have definitely heard racists say those things. It equates them as equally bad in this absurd made-up scenario so that centrists can pat themselves on the back for being the only sane people in the room and the far right can share it for it the memes.
I actually do think this is pretty funny, but the "real" woke guy is very clearly a strawman so the racist guy can setup punchlines.
But that's just it, it's okay to think something is funny but not accurate at the same time. I laugh at absurd stuff all the time. People that take this shit seriously boggles my mind.
I thought it was genuinely funny. I know a lot of people like the "woke" example irl
and some on ERA
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I mean, I get the issue some of you have with it, but then some of you are implying that making fun of leftists is a bad thing which is just confusing or the one person that said the video gives racism a pass.
Like, I feel weird about sharing it now, some of the takes are weird.
Like, I feel weird about sharing it now, some of the takes are weird.
Most of the things said aren't even progressive/left/leftist at all, the "woke" guy is essentially a caricature of what centrists and the right think the left is like. Thinking it's accurate probably shows that you have a fundamental misunderstanding of those who stand by you (well, if you're left anyway). It's not funny because it's preaching to the right in this case, even if unintentional.
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Did I post this and go "man they really nailed leftists".
Was this not my second post.
I mean, I don't see it as "all woke people are like this", but just an exaggeration of the times some people do manage to come full circle while trying to help which is a site to see.
I'm willing to accept that my interpretation of this is wrong, but I made it clear why I showed it in the first place.
This video is basically tailor-made for the friends most of you clearly have to uncritically laugh at and go "got em" so that's cool I guess?
Self reflection is tough for some people, even if it comes from a place of satire/comedy.
To me it seems pretty obvious to be the left dunking on the left
So satirical you end up scrambling to justify it by blaming others that don't get it that it's their fault.
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In before the thread lock. Won't generate a good discussion I think.
Edit: Watched it again, I think the video makes some points, ironically people on the right will see it as owning the libs even though that means they're supporting the racist character, and people on the left will see it as trying to discredit leftist talking points, even though some of those talking points can have issues themselves.
Edit: Watched it again, I think the video makes some points, ironically people on the right will see it as owning the libs even though that means they're supporting the racist character, and people on the left will see it as trying to discredit leftist talking points, even though some of those talking points can have issues themselves.
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