Opinion | HayesBrown: Every Republican you see parroting denunciations of “woke cancel culture” is out there chasing that high, trying to find the right combination of catchphrases to catapult them to a higher branch of power. - MSNBCDaily
and the Soviet Union and whatever else had become the vehicle of choice for harnessing their voters’ fears.
The words themselves may change, but they still serve as a lingua franca among conservatives, a shibboleth for like-minded listeners with a wink and a nod to the things unspoken. Be afraid of change, they warn. Be wary of what’s different. Things aren’t like they used to be and that’s unquestionably bad, especially for you, the white voter who’s being told that he lives in a racist country.
Be afraid of change, they warn. Be wary of what’s different. Things aren’t like they used to be and that’s unquestionably bad. Those dog whistles and the harm they inspire in the real world can get lost in the digital noise today, particularly when accusing someone of being woke has become a fun way for conservatives to own the libs. The sputtering rage it can instill in liberals must be fun for some of the trolls out there, including those in Congress.challenged his fellow anchors
to not allow guests to throw around these terms without defining them substantively. This has a certain appeal to it because it’s not as though these phrases exist in a vacuum or were crafted just to scare white baby boomers in Peoria, Indiana. And few of them when challenged will likely respond with a treatise on
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