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‘Woke’ is now a dirty word among Democrats
The Telegraph ^ | August 23, 2026 | Benedict Smith

Posted on 08/27/2026 7:05:25 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Socialism may no longer be a dirty word among Democrats, following a wave of hard-Left primary victories, but "woke" certainly is.

Prominent progressive figures have distanced themselves from the politics of 2020, when defunding the police and "decolonising" Thanksgiving became articles of faith among the party's grassroots.

That shift could have a seismic effect on the race to be the Democratic presidential nominee in 2028, which is gradually taking shape.

In particular, it could spell doom for Kamala Harris, still seen as one of the front-runners in the contest, whose flirtation with woke politics cost her dearly.

The 2024 election was a "wake-up call" for the party, according to Lanae Erickson, senior vice-president of Third Way, the centrist Democratic group. Voters saw the party as more extreme than Donald Trump, she said, a "horrifying" result.

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1 posted on 08/27/2026 7:05:25 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Masks off. It’s Communism.


2 posted on 08/27/2026 7:11:02 PM PDT by Salman (We need to proceed as if the system were completely broken. Because it is. )
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"Prominent progressive figures have distanced themselves from the politics of 2020, when defunding the police and "decolonising" Thanksgiving became articles of faith among the party's grassroots."

Translation: We hope you forget about all the terrible things we did from 2020 to 2024 and took great pleasure in doing them to you.

3 posted on 08/27/2026 7:11:44 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: Salman

Yep. Woke is so yesterday! Today it is Communism that is hot again!


4 posted on 08/27/2026 7:12:16 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

KamelToe is on the Fat Shot and still totally devoid of intellect.


5 posted on 08/27/2026 7:13:38 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Dems sell themselves on progressive nonsense. ‘We’re ahead on climate care, food nutritional stuff, we change words for things to show how smart we are...’ and they end up not knowing how to define what a woman is (thousands of years everyone knows this but now they don’t) and people being delusional thinking they can be the opposite sex by putting on their clothes and doing their hair differently.

What bunko artists they are. The only reason they now are discarding the woke word is it backfired on them.


6 posted on 08/27/2026 7:15:01 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Woke” is not a dirty word, just one that goes underground for a while. Wokeism is still alive and well, but disguised as something like “social justice”.


7 posted on 08/27/2026 7:18:26 PM PDT by alloysteel (Strength to make change happen, humility to accept reality, and wisdom to know the difference.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Democrat” is not a “dirty” word?


8 posted on 08/27/2026 7:23:59 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: alloysteel

“social justice” preceded.


9 posted on 08/27/2026 7:24:40 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: MinorityRepublican

So are:
Antisemite
Global warming
Liberal
Trump hater
TDS sufferer
Newspeak language Nazis

They are all these things. But they’ll tell you what words to use. And what to not to throw away in your garbage and that religion has too many rules. And that they don’t have a religion but they’ll impose their religion on you

Try telling Catholic liberals what to do in the same way they tell you what to do. Try reminding them about the catechism and they’ll say ‘too many rules, why are you not saving that bag! It needs to go in recycling!!’ In your kitchen. In your house.


10 posted on 08/27/2026 7:26:30 PM PDT by stanne
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To: MinorityRepublican

Well the democrats did pull Woke out of their backsides


11 posted on 08/27/2026 7:27:39 PM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Terrorism isn’t a dirty word on the left either.

Every Democrat supports it when they practice stochastic terrorism and they all do.


12 posted on 08/27/2026 7:28:18 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Marxist Media works hand in glove with the Democrat terrorists.)
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To: Paladin2

Yeah, she flirted with woke last time. With her meeting with Mamdani about a month ago she signaled her willingness to drop to a
Familiar posture on her knees in support of the cause, trying to harness the power of the lunatics at the ballot box. She may still. I think it’s her lane in the coming contest


13 posted on 08/27/2026 7:30:24 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: stanne

Meaninglessly in your face for no valid reason.


14 posted on 08/27/2026 7:48:34 PM PDT by FreeperCell
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To: Salman

‘Rats are Commies now, Jim?


15 posted on 08/27/2026 7:55:12 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Dems helped create the woke philosophy, and encouraged socialistic agendas over the years. Now they want nothing to do with either of them, and especially the National Socialists because they threaten the RATS political power. Just like Hitler, who encouraged the S.A. until he got paranoid, and believed Ernst Rohm and some members of the brown shirts were a threat to him, and had them killed.


16 posted on 08/27/2026 7:55:15 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: MinorityRepublican

they haven’t given up, they simply changed the phrase from defund the police to tear down the flack cameras.


17 posted on 08/27/2026 8:13:21 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: FreeperCell

“Meaninglessly in your face for no valid reason.”

Meaningless

I watch reruns said murder she wrote to get hints from Jessica Fletcher on how to nod and smile at criminal nutcases without pissing then off

They’re ignorant


18 posted on 08/27/2026 8:45:07 PM PDT by stanne
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To: MinorityRepublican

Socialism is not Communism, honest!


19 posted on 08/27/2026 8:45:24 PM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Well, the flick cameras have to come down.


20 posted on 08/27/2026 8:46:22 PM PDT by stanne
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