Society/Culture Woke. Can you tell real from parody?

[Chief]

Rolled over to Part 2:

Society/Culture - Woke. Can you tell real from parody? - Part 2 -

Potatoes have no gender. And soon, nearly 70 years (sic), the name of Hasbro’s popular spud-shaped toy will reflect that: No more Mr. Potato Head. It’s just Potato Head. On Thursday, the company announced it would be rebranding the iconic quick-change toy to break away from traditional ideas...

www.bigfooty.com

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

So long as there are consequences for offensive intent and no consequences for those who don't intend offence, it's not a problem.

Sure.

 

[Borisdog]

Why would you continue to use a word when you know it can offend?

For fun.

 

[Noire]

Why would you continue to use a word when you know it can offend?

Joe Biden recently said a certain word and I don't recall you complaining about it

 

[Gough]

For fun.

Modern conservatism in a nut shell, the only result that really matters is upsetting people.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

For fun.

Edgy af.

 

[Borisdog]

Modern conservatism in a nut shell, the only result that really matters is upsetting people.

I guess I'm before my time then, I've been doing it for years.

And people have been doing it to me for years.

I haven't had a nervous breakdown yet but I'm sure I'm eligible for some sort "label" that excuses my behaviour.

 

[Frank Bunn]

It is audio description for the benefit of blind people. Is that such a big deal?

What are you wearing?

 

[bfff]

What are you wearing?

jocks

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

The new anti-woke academics say the universities are 'broken'. But they aren't giving up their tenured day jobs | Julia Carrie Wong

The anti-woke institution has no campus, no course catalog, no students, no accreditation. It does have a website

www.theguardian.com

 

[Chief]

That’s parody?

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

That’s parody?

Apparently not.

 

[Chief]

And shut as soon as it launched its web site?

“And on Monday – UATX’s one-week-iversary – both Zimmer and Pinker resigned from the school’s advisory board. Zimmer’s statement noted that the university’s “quite critical” statements about the state of higher education had “diverged very significantly” from his own views, while Pinker declined to offer an explanation beyond the fact that he’s “concentrating” on the (presumably more profitable) endeavors of promoting his book and podcast.”

 

[Lethality]

 

[Gough]

Christians. Can you tell real from parody?

 

[Lethality]

 

[Chief]

the university’s “quite critical” statements about the state of higher education had “diverged very significantly” from his own views

Can't handle diverging views?

OK.

 

[spinynorman]

Their apology is bullshit, it’s pretty clear they did this intentionally because they hate native Americans.

 

[Ghost Patrol]

 

[Ghost Patrol]

 

[Lethality]

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Lame

 

[ElectricG]

Christians. Can you tell real from parody?

At least the aliens didn’t have reptile disfunction

 

[Austoraisetheurn]

Woke.

All the big companies are into woke these days. That in itself should be a red flag to the woke movement.

From the elites point of view, if you get the plebs arguing over which toilet to use, or critical race theory, then the said plebs aren't arguing over more important things, such as income inequality and sky high house prices.

 

[Seeds]

Woke.

All the big companies are into woke these days. That in itself should be a red flag to the woke movement.

From the elites point of view, if you get the plebs arguing over which toilet to use, or critical race theory, then the said plebs aren't arguing over more important things, such as income inequality and sky high house prices.

Socialists vs wokes

 

[Pessimistic]

"influencers who regularly post pics of their person/body, 'sharing' outragaeous pictures of actual live people (old creeps) 'ogling them'

Surely parody

 

[Pessimistic]

Woke.

All the big companies are into woke these days. That in itself should be a red flag to the woke movement.

From the elites point of view, if you get the plebs arguing over which toilet to use, or critical race theory, then the said plebs aren't arguing over more important things, such as income inequality and sky high house prices.

Yep, the 'diversity dept' of your organization probably quietly ditched 'ageism' from its reason to be recently