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To: BroJoeK

The similar terminology is interesting.


7 posted on 10/03/2020 2:39:05 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Jim W N; Homer_J_Simpson
"The similar terminology is interesting."

Sure, and if you look up "woke" it does trace the idea back to 1860s "Wide Awakes".
I'm only saying they were very, very different people & ideologies -- as different as conservative Republicans from radical Leftists.

Also, Southerners responded to Wide Awakes much as we do to Woke Antifa/BLM rioters -- Southerners condemned Wide Awakes .
Then they formed their own Southern Minutemen, also with uniforms & nighttime torch rallies.

In the opening days of Civil War, both Northern Wide Awakes and Southern Minutemen enlisted in large numbers in their respective armies.

9 posted on 10/04/2020 6:15:01 AM PDT by BroJoeK ((a little historical perspective...))
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