Discussion I want to clarify this

[Judah]

Guys, I want to post this to clarify some things after receiving some messages or opinions that reflect the confusion of some people here.

To begin with, I am pansexual, I believe in free love and in the freedom of the individual as long as this does not affect other people, I defend LGBT rights and the inclusion of ethnic or marginalized minorities in our society.

That said, I come from a society where we often use words for a use that is totally different from the purpose they have, sometimes I make fun of the fact that we Latinos like to ruin our own language every day and that therefore it is almost impossible to master it For people outside our culture, in this way an insult can become over time a way to refer to a friend or family member, it is a somewhat curious characteristic of us.

Still, I respect all people regardless of sexual orientation or ethnicity.

With respect to the woke culture, Latinos feel contempt for it because we consider that these types of people are fans of looking for problems where there are none (looking for the cat's 5 legs), in addition to the fact that we feel that it is a bit ridiculous that people who live with all the comforts of the first world such as woke people, worry about such absurd or irrelevant issues. (That's why the term Latinx offends me).

So I just wanted to clear this up

 

[motel rooms]

With respect to the woke culture, Latinos feel contempt for it because we consider that these types of people are fans of looking for problems where there are none (looking for the cat's 5 legs)

The term "woke" has been kidnapped & sullied by sanctimonious assholes.

It's necessary to be alert to social injustices. Of course, "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster himself."
-- F. Nietzsche

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke#Origins_and_usage

In some varieties of African-American English, woke is used in place of woken. Black American folk singer-songwriter Lead Belly, uses the phrase "to stay woke" near the end of his 1938 song "Scottsboro Boys", which tells the story of nine black teenagers accused of raping two white women, saying: "I advise everybody, be a little careful when they go along through there – best stay woke, keep their eyes open."[9]​

By the mid-20th century, woke had come to mean 'well-informed' or 'aware',[12]​ especially in a political or cultural sense.[6]​ The Oxford English Dictionary traces the earliest such usage to a 1962 New York Times Magazine article titled "If You're Woke You Dig It" by African-American novelist William Melvin Kelley, describing the appropriation of African American slang by white beatniks.[6]​

 

[Judah]

The term "woke" has been kidnapped & sullied by sanctimonious assholes.

Ok, so, what English term could be used to describe those people who believe that progress or change can only be carried out by following their steps and go against those who create alternatives that do not suit what they do? what do they want? in Latin America we know them as progressives

 

[motel rooms]

Ok, so, what English term could be used to describe those people who believe that progress or change can only be carried out by following their steps and go against those who create alternatives that do not suit what they do? what do they want? in Latin America we know them as progressives

You call intolerant people progressives in Latin America?

EDIT: I know you're from Venezuela, which is a dictatorship. You're right to despise Maduro's socialist rhetoric, but do you have a problem with real social democrats in developed countries like Denmark & Sweden?

 

[OrcWitch]

I think I missed whatever happened but good to know.

If this is about that thread about skin whitening of those characters and the fallout from it, I hid the thread because I didn't want to see people arguing about that kind of thing.

I never got the impression you hated people or anything.

 

[Judah]

You call intolerant people progressives in Latin America?

When these people spread their ideas on a large scale as in politics and the media, they are often called progressives. Also, I thought you were from Spain

I know you're from Venezuela, which is a dictatorship. You're right to despise Maduro's socialist rhetoric, but do you have a problem with real social democrats in developed countries like Denmark & Sweden?

I am only against those politicians who squander the budget of a country or expand the state unnecessarily to keep the corrupt, for example, Chavez used the country's budget to give things to everyone, and as a result of that, my country It is in a situation of unpayable debt and that is why China and Russia do what they want in that country.

 

[lostundead]

 

[Judah]

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[justsayin]

George Orwell explained it all long time ago. Language modified for political reasons is called Newspeak, just like entity spying on people is called Big Brother.

 

[Chinaski]

Lot of words used in here just to convey "I'm very right wing".