What is "Woke"?

[BootmanLA]

2 hours ago, Erik62 said:

In Australia, these three simple letters (BLM) was the universal understanding. There was NO ONE thinking that these letters were only a part of the groups moniker & agenda. What you see is what you get. Unless a person has had contact (written, education, personal interaction) with this group it is unreasonable to expect the entire population of (individual nations or the world) to understand that there is a much broader definition to the  groups title & agenda. 

Well, with respect, it's a US acronym and its meaning here is really what mattered. If Australians had an "Indigenous Lives Matter" movement, I suspect y'all are all bright enough to realize that doesn't mean that the lives of descendants of white British colonials and the convicts they shipped over there do not matter. 

If y'all aren't please don't tell me. I want to think Australia is at least a tiny bit smarter than us about something beyond having universal health care.

[BootmanLA]

2 hours ago, Erik62 said:

In Australia, these three simple letters (BLM) was the universal understanding. There was NO ONE thinking that these letters were only a part of the groups moniker & agenda. What you see is what you get. Unless a person has had contact (written, education, personal interaction) with this group it is unreasonable to expect the entire population of (individual nations or the world) to understand that there is a much broader definition to the  groups title & agenda. 

Also: it's not that the three letters were "only a part of the groups moniker" - it was simply BLM. But even so: the statement that "Black Lives Matter" says nothing about white lives. It doesn't say white lives don't matter. It doesn't say black lives are more important that white lives. It's saying they DO matter - implying rather heavily, I would say, that under current treatment, they do not.

Insofar as an analogy: the lemon industry might promote its products by saying "Lemons matter." That doesn't say lemons are more important than apples, or grapes, or cherries; it doesn't say that only lemons matter and pomegranates do not. 

But some pissy fragile snowflake MAGAts decided that's what they WANTED "BLM" to mean so they could strike a "blow for equality" by denouncing the favoritism that didn't actually exist, all to assert the white privilege that actually DOES exist.

[Erik62]

2 hours ago, BootmanLA said:

Well, with respect, it's a US acronym and its meaning here is really what mattered. If Australians had an "Indigenous Lives Matter" movement, I suspect y'all are all bright enough to realize that doesn't mean that the lives of descendants of white British colonials and the convicts they shipped over there do not matter. 

If y'all aren't please don't tell me. I want to think Australia is at least a tiny bit smarter than us about something beyond having universal health care.

SORRY😢, over the last 10-15yrs Australian government's (Federal & State) have increasingly made people to feel that being of British heritage "white" is something to be ashamed of. Anyone of British heritage are being made to feel that they are dirty, thieves, illegal land grabbers, rapists, kidnappers & genocidal murderers. Last 26 Jan 2024, a white Australian wearing a baseball cap, with a national🇦🇺flag insignia, was arrested for inciting racial disharmony. Like the US, we have a very proud history of defense service & often any display of national pride (flag display, clothing, discussion) is seen as creating racial disharmony & discrimination. The ILM movement is exactly that. There is no EXTENDED Title version that makes reference to ALM (All Lives Matter). Those of British heritage are PARIAHS in the country that they built into the modern & prosperous entity, to which tens of thousanands of refugees & migrants wanted to come to for a better life. It is illegal to own or sell German medals, insignia, uniforms, display a swastika. Yes, Indigenous Lives Matter takes nothing else into consideration except ILM. 

Very SAD 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬.