Woke lunatic update: Chicken lives matter during playoffs! Deb4?

I'm not blind, but I think you have rambled off into uttering meaningless words at this point so I'm out of here.

 

You said all woke lunatics are the same. Not sure who you put in that broad category but you use that word as much as that guy you tag on almost all your posts. You know, your Republican friend who says he isn't against gays because he has a gay friend....LMAO.

 

There was a streaker a few weeks ago that got tackled on the court during a game. It was good for a laugh. I suppose he must have received a fine for it. Is that the level of offense we're talking about here? If so, at least these women did what they did for a cause (treatment of animals on factory farms) that is meaningful to many people. And what they did seems to have had negligible impact on people's enjoyment of the game itself, like the streaker.

It just seems strange to me that this would be perceived as a much greater offense, because it was an act of protest as opposed to pure thrill-seeking.

 

So if she tied herself with a zip tie rather than a metal chain, does it become a mild offense then? On the same level as that streaker?

 

I'm not siding with that woman. She's obviously an extreme attention seeker. Curious, what exactly does woke mean to you? I wouldn't know if I am woke or not by some people's definition of it. Do you consider yourself woke?

 

Yes, I agree. But I suspect this thread would have been created even if she didn't use a metal chain. Am I wrong?

That wasn't the activist's goal, because the chickens were already killed. The goal was to bring more attention to the practice to help bring about future change. A single act of protest isn't going to force the change on its own. Seems unfair to criticize it on that basis.

I guess the organization she's part of is doing what all they can with the resources they have, including media outreach.

 

I guess it might be an opportune time to share the link to John McWhorter's book again

 

I haven’t read the book, but have liked the articles by the author in The Atlantic and in the NYT.

Judging by the title, not sure it has much to do with the topic of this thread. Is it applicable?

 

it's admirable that she's fighting for what she believes in

 

this thread and the chicken lady, not so much. but the other thread about the black DEI guy who took the DJ to be a white person in blackface, very much so.

the book is worth getting

 

The word has basically been appropriated by critics of Social Justice activism, often to criticize people when they go too far in trying to suppress free speech.

Personally, I think when it’s used as a pejorative (which is almost always the case now), it’s best to limit it to cases where the people being criticized are somehow denying the rights of others for their cause.

 

It seems like people use it all different ways. So some use the term as any crazy Karens? I wonder if those people use woke to include all Karens left and right trying to force their morals on views on others? Some seem to use it as any views of Democrats they disagree with, but I don't see it used towards Republicans. Weird.