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[-] RubberStuntBaby@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Star Trek has been utopian space communism from the very beginning.

Science fiction has always been a vehicle for exploring woke ideas. Separating an issue from its current context allows the audience to set aside their biases and look with fresh eyes.

[-] Izzent@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Calling it "woke" like the right does is pejorative.

[-] Monkeyhog@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They don't get to fucking own the word "woke"

[-] EatALime@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Woke started out being used in a positive manner by people of color to describe social awareness, then conservatives decided to use it as a mockery of those who dare to ask for a more caring and supportive society. The right didn't come up with that term.

[-] Izzent@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Are you sure? Then disregard what I said. I've only ever seen it used as an insult tbh.

[-] instamat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. Woke was a term exactly as @EatALime@kbin.social defined it, social awareness, but it quickly became “stuff I don’t like or agree with” for conservatives.

[-] shoggoth@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

no it isn't. it means being aware of systemic oppression. don't let those asshats get away with redefining it.

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