@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.world • 8 days agoDem Senator Says Party Needs to Stop Attacking ‘Oligarchy’ and Focus on Losing ‘Woke’ Reputationwww.mediaite.comexternal-linkmessage-square366fedilinkarrow-up1578
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minus-squaredream_weasellinkfedilink1•7 days agoYes they mean something different. If you go ask 5 random people what an oligarch is, at least one is likely not to know what it means. The “woke” reputation stuff is also a little weird, but there again, the people using it as an insult probably don’t have a good working definition. It’s easy to say “words have meaning” but lots of people, even left leaning ones, don’t always know what those meanings are.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•7 days agoI’m not saying ‘words have meaning.’ I’m saying we create meaning and we should not just give in to the fascists’ definitions. They do not define us.
Yes they mean something different. If you go ask 5 random people what an oligarch is, at least one is likely not to know what it means.
The “woke” reputation stuff is also a little weird, but there again, the people using it as an insult probably don’t have a good working definition.
It’s easy to say “words have meaning” but lots of people, even left leaning ones, don’t always know what those meanings are.
I’m not saying ‘words have meaning.’
I’m saying we create meaning and we should not just give in to the fascists’ definitions.
They do not define us.