#wokeism is illiberal progressivism. my fellow lefties often fail to consider if anything they are doing is illiberal, while many conservatives call every progressive impulse woke.

I'm seeing an uptick in video essays under the guise of "just asking questions" attempting to claim there is a conspiracy to destroy #OpenSource, #OpenHardware, #FOSS projects and culture by Far-Left Extremists, #Wokeism, and the #DEI agenda.

None of this is new. They only exploit a new sense of entitlement to more openly speak and act as they long have, emboldened by the spread of anti-democratic, authoritarian, irrational, emotion-driven, ethnocentric rhetoric and assaults on liberty by #Trump and the #TrumpRegime
#Culture #Identity #Poltics #SolidarityEconomics #Coop #BIPOC #LGBTQ #BlackMastodon

#DOGE Reign of Ineptitude. Slashing and burning won’t help with efficiency. With the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency #Doge #Musk has claimed for himself an extraordinary amount of power: Serving as the iron fist of the #WhiteHouse, he’s rooting out what he sees as the #plague of #wokeism in government, halting #grants, freezing #payments, lighting fires in various departments, and generally firing as many people as he can get away with. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/musk-terror-reign/681731/

You're not pushing back on #CancelCulture if you only do it when conservatives get attacked. Not when pro Palestinian voices get shut down etc. You're just taking a side in the culture war.

Same with recognizing #wokeism as a religion and complaining about it, but not complaining about religion in other areas of public life. It's illiberalism everywhere that's a problem. The failure to prioritize the pursuit of truth and understanding each other over ideology and tribal power. #LiberalValues

Everybody wants the best possible outcome. Some perceive #DEI as leading to lower quality hires and #criticaltheory leading to a misunderstanding of history. Taken too far, I think both can do that. But done well, they both do the opposite. They allow us a fuller view of what's out there, correcting for our own natural bias and the cultural bias built up over generations of having too few have more of a say in the public conversation. But getting this right won't be easy. #wokeism #LiberalValues

“We see on our own streets antisemitism guided by obscene woke ideologies that have led to an explosion in hate crimes”

Pierre Poilievre’s hate filled propagandist speech at the National Holocaust Memorial Ceremony yesterday was a disgrace to all Canadians.

He neglected to mention the millions of innocent victims exterminated by Nazis, or condemn the current disturbing rise in fascism across America and Europe openly embraced by his own elite supporter Elon Musk.

Ultimately, Pierre’s true fear for the future is a Canadian culture that is aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice).

That is a culture that would reject a Prime Minister who intentionally refused to recognize more than two genders exist.

That is a culture that would reject an illiberal autocrat hell bent on removing established civil rights and supports while openly embracing big money corporate interests over Canadian values and beliefs.

This is not our future Prime Minister, this is just another RW populist looking to further dehumanize and attack those culturally aware in Canada.

Trump’s success has emboldened #MapleMaga to believe they can win the culture war with Pierre Poilievre, they simply need to relentlessly attack their ultimate enemy, societal awareness.

Thanks to Steve Boots for covering this, as #cdnmedia yet again fail to show how much of a hateful, divisive prick Poilievre truly is.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=KNkWLAg4z1I&si=qB0_1ra2joTnFwW7

Maybe we could agree that the woke folks shouldn't get upset at people using non considerate language but also that the anti woke folks shouldn't get upset at hearing more considerate language. #wokeism

When it comes to reshaping culture, a single victory, however lopsided, is not the end of the war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/11/20/world/is-wokeism-dead/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #kamalaharris #republicans #democrats #2024uspresidentialelection #socialjustice #wokeism

I basically agree that #wokeism is a #religion as conservatives say but then it should get tax-exempt status too. Or as is my preference, take away that privilege from all churches instead. #atheism

‘Hacks’ Tackles Climate Change, ‘Cancel Culture’ and More — Is It TV’s Most Socially Conscious Series?
#Variety #Awards #Features #Emmys #EmmysEE #Hacks #HannahEinbinder #JeanSmart #JenStatsky #LuciaAniello #PaulWDowns #Wokeism

https://variety.com/2024/tv/awards/hacks-woke-stories-climate-change-cancel-culture-1236102654/

#Wokeism is not liberal. Neither is the conspiracy thinking that much of #MAGA embraces. Nor journalism confined by the demands of profit. #LiberalValues
https://pca.st/episode/12a05e0b-b70e-48ac-811b-c3855c675b83

I've been a big fan of #JonathanHaidt, but his fear of the effect of social media on kids comes off to me as exactly the kind of moral panic we had in the past, that he now blames for #wokeism. @mmasnick digs in and brings the receipts. my question is who on the different sides of this argument, will get a fair hearing of the other's perspective? unless they talk to each other in a public forum...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-coddling-of-the-american-parent

OK, trying a new un-corporate host for my blogs. Here is my first post, a poem. Please support my change from Medium to WriteFreely by visiting and helping me promote:

https://rant.li/withered-stumps-of-time/

And here is a random picture to get your attention:

I heard a rumour Santa doesn't like woke children. I hope this isn't true.

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Schrödinger's #Wokeism [French]:
https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/libre-opinion/798009/libre-opinion-woke-schrodinger

"...Le Journal de Montréal and Le Journal de Québec are the origin of nearly 70% of the content dealing with wokism. Furthermore, 45% of these articles come from just five columnists, all of whom produce opinion texts and not journalistic content. Finally, of the articles published by these columnists, 96% paint a negative portrait of wokism, sometimes bordering on caricature."

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