[codr7]

That's far from the whole story though.

Part of being woke is usually seeing others as asleep and not as enlightened, which means it's ok to lecture them to hell and back. There's a difference between thinking critically and looking for problems to feel superior.

[griomnib]

I agree to an extent, I think the term lost the original meaning.

My main complaint with the state of politics is too little thoughts and reflection. I think cable news, talk radio, and social media are the root cause.

Reading a daily newspaper or viewing the nightly news gives you a full day to think things over. We are more driven by emotion as a result of never having time to digest and reflect.

[codr7]

They tend to.

Agreed, and not just politics, too little thought and reflection period.

Fear will override almost anything, which is why we're being pounded with it from every angle. Time away maybe, disconnected.

[seattle_spring]

Probably worth noting that the people who throw around “woke” as a pejorative also tend to be the ones calling people they disagree with “NPCs.”