What the so-called “Twitter Files” actually reveal.
“It isn’t Twitter’s fault that so much conservative discourse in the Trump era is so deeply, fundamentally dishonest.”
This is one of the best cut-through-the-noise pieces I have read in months. Seriously. It's that good.
I kind of wish everyone would stop using the word "woke" they way conservatives use it and go back to using it the way it's been used for the last 100 years.
Even if it's sarcastic it just keeps gluing the word to the new meaning. IDK it's probably too late.
Woke up this morning with my mind
Stayed on freedom
Woke up this morning with my mind
Stayed on freedom
Woke up this morning with my mind
Stayed on freedom
Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelujah.
@futurebird It can be difficult when language changes significantly like that. If it's any consolation, the only languages that don't change are dead language, so at least English is still dynamic and healthy.
My understanding is Ta-Nehisi Coates coined "woke" to mean having waken from the delusion of the American Dream. Of course conservatives would find this threatening and try to weaponize it, diverting from its crucial message.
Did he say that? It's a lot older than that *I* thought. In my grandma's church it meant ready to take charge of your life and aware of the challenges that being in this country can present. Like being realistic and having a vision, not sleep walking through life and letting other people or stereotypes shape who you'll be.
She'd say "We've been woke to that one." about issues that you needed to know about to stay safe.
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