As with all things it’s a term that sets off with folk with good intentions and then gets exaggerated by others. I like to think I was brought up properly with a good moral compass, and with good life values , my mum was certainly a god fearing person who would help anybody as would my dad ( well apart from the god bit). Maybe I have got a bit narky with age it is however a fact that some people do seem to go out of their way to be offended and look for perceived insults that were never intended.
woke or not woke that screeching fkucing woman doing co-commentary on the bbeb ought to be banned for life from using a microphone, my fecking ears are bleeding !
Yeah I consider cancelling free speech, getting books banned from stores, people banned/fired from things, having a "think exactly 100% like me or you're wrong and deserve to be shunned and punished" attitude kinda fascist. Trying to ban anyone who doesn't think like you from having a platform is fascist. A white nationalist is one thing but they protest anyone on the right from speaking regardless of their race, sex or religion. Killing and attacking people is kinda wrong too no? The violence is crazy with them. The fact you've only heard Trump say it means you probably don't know what you're talking about and neither does @Donny-Red with his holier than thou comment. Here's what Antifa does to cities.. And yes I know who Paul Joseph Watson is, I am NOT a fan, he regurgitates propaganda for the other side but he's pretty dead on in this one. Again, people just come across like you were extremely racist (probably still are) but with a ton of white guilt and tryna prove something,
I am indeed! I love it!!! I'm subscribed to the patreon. I've been a fan of the other Stak podcasts for years. I'm a bit like Pete, in the sense that I don't know much about wrestling (other than WWF/WCW/ECW from 98-01), so I enjoy the stories Marc has.
I've just asked you some questions to understand where you're coming from, because antifa just doesn't register here, other than Trump soundbites from yesteryear, hence why I asked. But the response, well it doesn't really answer my point, so can you tell me more about this "antifa" movement and why being against fascism is actually a bad thing? Your last sentence..... are you calling me a racist? If so, can you just clarify why precisely? I can't speak for the US, but in the UK, there hasn't been a time in my life where populism, the right and far right have had so much airtime. That would suggest they have a platform for "free speech"
Can I ask you a question @tomaiba For how long after the insurrection were you believing the Trump /Q’Anon lie that it was a plot by Antifa? There’s the clue as to exactly how much you’ve been misled.
No that’s what people are saying as a rallying call to their bigotry that woke means anti everything . Woke means just as Kev describes and is being used for rabble rousing . Woke is a banner that the right are putting anyone against the values you hold just as they have done with antifa To try to dishonour anyone who confronts their bigotry, antifa means anti fascist so to be against it is to be fascist but people don’t understand that and their isn’t an organisation specifically called antifa , if you’re anti fascist doesn’t mean you embrace anything left wing .
There is also a big anti Black agenda much larger than your so called anti white which I’ve yet to encounter . Don’t see news of many whites being lynched for the colour of their skin or neither with swasticas declaring their intent . People usually see what they want to or make excuses instead of seeing what is actually happening .
I am considered a lefty here because I'm not against universal healthcare, protecting the environment and having more workers rights. I don't play political tribal games. You guys are not "woke" you are fake woke to not appear racist. @DannyWilsonLovechild I answered your question and hope it helped. I'm calling you racist specifically just the overall tone of the thread/board appears like desperation.
Nobody is saying that their isn’t a few people stirring up the race issue on both sides . But to argue against a problem that is seriously in our faces and hit back with insults against a movement invented such as Antifa is rabble rousing and an excuse to prevent the truth . If you are against fascists then you are antifa simple as if you’re for it you’re a NAZI pure and simple .
You're dishing out comments again to folk in another country. Something you objected to when we were discussing firearms in America, specifically Texas?
Me too Kev, along with snowflake, marxist socialist or any other slur they want to call me for wanting a fair and peacefull world.
I asked you a simple question, not for a personal attack. I don’t care what you consider yourself, or how you label me, my question is; for how long did you believe the obvious lie that Antifa were responsible for the insurrection?
I'm more confused really. hence why I asked it again. What does fake woke mean? And if someone isn't racist, wouldn't they display the same traits as someone who was successfully appearing... to not be racist? And racist against who precisely?
The OP has given a definition. This is in response to a post yesterday where a particular poster, complained about what he called, a 'woke' football studio panel.
Woke is a demeaning phrase from the hard right to characterise anyone without Fascist principles. There isn’t any such movement as their isn’t an Antifa it’s just to rabble rouse and excuse why they have bigotry and racist views and to try and normalise it .
In the US it's mostly mainstream left except Fox news which is just as bad but in the opposite direction. I say mainstream left but not actual left. Some do but most don't like actual leftists like Bernie but will jam Biden and Harris down your throat and hate everything Trump does. @JLWBigLil HUGE difference considering I'm half British, have lived there and am not really talking about policy. Also "woke" applies here too.. Unlike US gun laws.
So if you're left, as you say, you approve of Bernie Sanders? Or more approving of Biden? or is there someone else you'd rather vote for?