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Re: Top or bottom posting; does it really matter? [message #411340 is a reply to message #411336] Tue, 28 September 2021 13:33 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 13:12:17 GMT
usenet@only.tnx (Questor) wrote:

> Unfortunately, the term "woke" is being smeared by conservatives, and
> there's not clear clear consensus on what it means to liberals. That
> being said, what's wrong with treating people of different sexual
> orientations, or racial and cultural backgrounds, with the basic respect
> due any human being? What's wrong with addressing people in the manner
> they wish to be addressed? What's wrong with being upset at humor made
> at the expense of people in some minority, or that perpetuates negative
> stereotypes? What's wrong with condeming statements that belittle or
> denigrate others?

Nothing is wrong with any of that IMHO - my father would have
disagreed with me on several points.

> It seems to me that not all, but most of the people complaining about
> "wokeness" are upset at being called out for acting like an asshole.

I think it is the "holier than thou" attitude of many users of the
term rather than the principles themselves. As a child of the sixties I do
find it perplexing the extent to which youngsters today seem to think
they invented tolerance but hey the old beatniks probably thought similar
things about us.

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Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/
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