“It feels cooler to say ‘I’m not woke!’ then the truth, which is ‘I’m terrified of what I don’t understand and I only know how to process that as anger because I can’t look inward.’ To wit!”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sarah-silverman-anti-woke-right-wingers_n_63eda62ae4b0808b91c4ab68

‘Daily Show’ Guest Sarah Silverman Burns Anti-Woke Right-Wingers With Blunt Talk

The comic and actor explained what's really going on when someone says "I'm not woke."

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@MarkRuffalo
Yes! Sarah’s the perfect person to ask…
WTF’s the deal w/ the country’s obsession with a term 80% of them couldn’t define?
It’s nebulous & easily used as an ☂️for “whatever they’re afraid of”.

It’s a “catch all”…
It’s life the term “Fake News”.

@SusannaShakespeare @MarkRuffalo look, when the term you use to insult your enemies is one suggesting they're awake and paying attention as opposed to asleep and letting others do to them what they please, you gotta wonder if you're the one in the right

@bihazards @SusannaShakespeare @MarkRuffalo

Like when they think "liberal" is an insult. They aren't prepared when you own the label of "not a dick".