[wizofaus]

I'd just as well say "jimbokum"'s post has zero relevance to what the word means in conversation. Which is not to say he wasn't making a worthwhile observation - that those who complain the loudest about wokeism/cancel culture arguably share quite a bit in common with those they perceive as being the primary promoters. Certainly it's always struck me that a lot people on both sides of the debate really are exceedingly thin-skinned (or at least worry excessively that those they feel they're trying to protect are thin-skinned).

[jimbokun]

It doesn't cover all the aspects of "woke", but to my mind it's the aspect that irritates the most people and makes it into an epithet.

And yeah, the most extreme self proclaimed "anti-woke" seem to reflect this trait just as strongly as the woke people they criticize.