• FunkyMonk@kbin.social
    92·
    1 year ago

    I’m old, is political just slang for biggotry and woke just slang for empathy? I can’t keep up with modern language.

    • PunnyName@lemmy.world
      83·
      1 year ago

      “Political” is not white, or male, or straight, or Christian.

      “Woke” = accepting of events and / or circumstances that have had in-/direct influence on their lives, likely preventing then from reaching parity.

      So you’re pretty much spot-on.

      • too_high_for_this@lemmy.world
        36·
        1 year ago

        Hey so I’m a straight white male (not by choice) and I’d like to stop being lumped in with assholes.

        Like, lots of assholes are straight white males, I get it. But we’re overwhelmingly decent dudes.

        Also, dude, “male” is not the preferred nomenclature anymore

        • beetus@lemmy.world
          23·
          1 year ago

          Why do you think they are talking about you? Projecting insecurities? That’s what your reply seems like

          And yes, “male” is still the preferred way to refer to… people who identify as men.

          • too_high_for_this@lemmy.world
            12·
            1 year ago

            That was a joke, Susan

            And no, “men” is actually the preferred term for people who identify as men. Male and female refer to biological sex characteristics. Man and woman are gender identities.

        • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
          13·
          1 year ago

          “NoT aLl Men”

          If you don’t do the bad things then they’re not talking about you. But they say “men” because it’s almost always men.

          Example: men are rapists. => Not all men are rapists, but the vast majority of rapists are men.

          So you don’t need to feel sensitive about this, unless you somehow think you’re guilty of whatever they’re talking about.