Fail to be woke at your own peril.
05-15-2021, 07:05 AM
#21
Prime Minister/Moderator
Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: Engines Turn Or People Swim
Posts: 40,031
Second, “angry old white man” should be considered a racist comment, because it is. Let me prove it, here’s the definition of Racism; antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group. Your post presented antagonism towards a specific race.
Let me ask you this, if I was speaking as a white man and quoted, “yeah he’s an old angry old black man”, how do you think that would go over?
Let me ask you this, if I was speaking as a white man and quoted, “yeah he’s an old angry old black man”, how do you think that would go over?
If you're thinking of posting something like that, mentally substitute another ethnic group for "white" and see how it sounds.
05-15-2021, 07:40 AM
#22
On Reserve
Joined APC: Feb 2020
Posts: 10
Where this gets really scary is that you have no idea where the woke mob will point their pitchforks next.
In 90s, the following statements were reasonable and accepted by both parties:
Marriage is between and man and women.
Gender is biological.
Israel has a right to defend itself.
Socialism and Communism are evil.
I feel like any of those statements which can be attributed in print or electronic media from the past 30 years can get your fired. And there seems to be an endless appetite for the woke to search and destroy the people and ideologies they disagree with.
In 90s, the following statements were reasonable and accepted by both parties:
Marriage is between and man and women.
Gender is biological.
Israel has a right to defend itself.
Socialism and Communism are evil.
I feel like any of those statements which can be attributed in print or electronic media from the past 30 years can get your fired. And there seems to be an endless appetite for the woke to search and destroy the people and ideologies they disagree with.
05-15-2021, 08:05 AM
#23
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2013
Position: On the hotel shuttle
Posts: 5,907
The decline in organized religion has been replaced with wokeism.
The parallels are obvious: Public shaming. Public renouncement of one’s sins. A frenzied mob which will easily turn on its own members for lack of faith in the belief structure. Heresy. Boasting of one’s own wokeness as a sign of purity.
Orthodox clerics installed in major corporations to keep the faithful in line and remind them of their original sin and the penance that is due.
Choose wisely during the midterms.
“Are you not of the body?”
The parallels are obvious: Public shaming. Public renouncement of one’s sins. A frenzied mob which will easily turn on its own members for lack of faith in the belief structure. Heresy. Boasting of one’s own wokeness as a sign of purity.
Orthodox clerics installed in major corporations to keep the faithful in line and remind them of their original sin and the penance that is due.
Choose wisely during the midterms.
“Are you not of the body?”
Last edited by GogglesPisano; 05-15-2021 at 08:17 AM.
05-15-2021, 08:32 AM
#24
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2015
Position: Guppy Gear Slinger
Posts: 1,988
The decline in organized religion has been replaced with wokeism.
The parallels are obvious: Public shaming. Public renouncement of one’s sins. A frenzied mob which will easily turn on its own members for lack of faith in the belief structure. Heresy. Boasting of one’s own wokeness as a sign of purity.
Orthodox clerics installed in major corporations to keep the faithful in line and remind them of their original sin and the penance that is due.
Choose wisely during the midterms.
“Are you not of the body?”
The parallels are obvious: Public shaming. Public renouncement of one’s sins. A frenzied mob which will easily turn on its own members for lack of faith in the belief structure. Heresy. Boasting of one’s own wokeness as a sign of purity.
Orthodox clerics installed in major corporations to keep the faithful in line and remind them of their original sin and the penance that is due.
Choose wisely during the midterms.
“Are you not of the body?”
Blind obedience to any extremist ideology is the enemy of democracy. And 'cancel culture' is rabidly apparent on both sides.
05-15-2021, 08:38 AM
#25
Perennial Reserve
Thread Starter
Joined APC: Jan 2018
Posts: 12,112
The decline in organized religion has been replaced with wokeism.
The parallels are obvious: Public shaming. Public renouncement of one’s sins. A frenzied mob which will easily turn on its own members for lack of faith in the belief structure. Heresy. Boasting of one’s own wokeness as a sign of purity.
Orthodox clerics installed in major corporations to keep the faithful in line and remind them of their original sin and the penance that is due.
Choose wisely during the midterms.
“Are you not of the body?”
The parallels are obvious: Public shaming. Public renouncement of one’s sins. A frenzied mob which will easily turn on its own members for lack of faith in the belief structure. Heresy. Boasting of one’s own wokeness as a sign of purity.
Orthodox clerics installed in major corporations to keep the faithful in line and remind them of their original sin and the penance that is due.
Choose wisely during the midterms.
“Are you not of the body?”
05-15-2021, 09:25 AM
#26
All is fine at .79
Joined APC: Sep 2016
Position: Paahlot
Posts: 4,215
[MOD INPUT] Yes, that's correct and we will violate people for that. I'm leaving this one up because it's mild, and to serve as an example of what not to do.
If you're thinking of posting something like that, mentally substitute another ethnic group for "white" and see how it sounds.
If you're thinking of posting something like that, mentally substitute another ethnic group for "white" and see how it sounds.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke
The individual identifies as a Don Quixote that fights against anything that is unjust towards the middle class which is 59% white and 12% black.
https://guymidkiff.wordpress.com/about/
05-15-2021, 10:36 AM
#27
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jun 2013
Position: B777 CA, Ret.
Posts: 77
I saw that last year. A very chilling & informative video for sure!
05-15-2021, 11:11 AM
#28
Gets Everyday Off
Joined APC: Aug 2016
Position: Fully Retired
Posts: 7,000
05-15-2021, 01:13 PM
#29
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2013
Position: C-172
Posts: 463
The decline in organized religion has been replaced with wokeism.
The parallels are obvious: Public shaming. Public renouncement of one’s sins. A frenzied mob which will easily turn on its own members for lack of faith in the belief structure. Heresy. Boasting of one’s own wokeness as a sign of purity.
Orthodox clerics installed in major corporations to keep the faithful in line and remind them of their original sin and the penance that is due.
Choose wisely during the midterms.
“Are you not of the body?”
The parallels are obvious: Public shaming. Public renouncement of one’s sins. A frenzied mob which will easily turn on its own members for lack of faith in the belief structure. Heresy. Boasting of one’s own wokeness as a sign of purity.
Orthodox clerics installed in major corporations to keep the faithful in line and remind them of their original sin and the penance that is due.
Choose wisely during the midterms.
“Are you not of the body?”
05-15-2021, 03:15 PM
#30
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2007
Posts: 686
A couple of things. First, there’s always two sides to the story. You have one side playing the victim, I’m sure they just sat back and took it. If you look at how “the woke” group plays these type of cancel culture games, they’re usually the ones who initiate the situation only to look for a reaction so they can immediately inform your employer.
Second, “angry old white man” should be considered a racist comment, because it is. Let me prove it, here’s the definition of Racism; antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group. Your post presented antagonism towards a specific race.
Let me ask you this, if I was speaking as a white man and quoted, “yeah he’s an old angry old black man”, how do you think that would go over?
Second, “angry old white man” should be considered a racist comment, because it is. Let me prove it, here’s the definition of Racism; antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group. Your post presented antagonism towards a specific race.
Let me ask you this, if I was speaking as a white man and quoted, “yeah he’s an old angry old black man”, how do you think that would go over?
The matrix of intersectionality is used to determine one’s level of victimhood, and therefore to which degree their “truth” matters. This is the type of thinking going on at large scale at both individual and institutional levels these days.
The discourse is toxic right now because one half defines racism as systemic problem that manifests itself in unequal outcomes, while the other half views equality of opportunity the ultimate goal and operates under the classic definition of racism as being a sin of the individual heart.
Unfortunately we are in a time filled with labels, tribalism, demagoguery, and rhetoric that many people on both sides are unable to acknowledge the valid points of the other side and the shortcomings of the views on their own side.
One thing that is for certain, though, is that we are definitely being challenged as a culture and society. When we fail to have things in common, or the desire to believe and agree on things in a universal sense, it will be very difficult to survive as a flourishing country.
Last edited by turbojet28; 05-15-2021 at 03:30 PM.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
