Posted on 03/08/2023 1:36:39 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
A majority of Americans in a new poll have a positive association with the term “woke,” understanding it to mean “to be informed, educated on, and aware of social injustices.”
The USA Today-Ipsos poll released on Wednesday found that 56 percent agreed with the more positive definition, while 39 percent had a negative association with the word and understood it to mean “to be overly politically correct and police others’ words.”
However, Americans in the poll are divided on whether they consider it an insult to be described as “woke,” with 40 percent calling it an insult and 32 percent calling it a compliment.
Both of these measures break down along party lines, with Republicans more likely than their Democratic counterparts to have a negative understanding of “wokeness” and to consider it an insult.
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BS
The Hill has been reduced to publishing their perverse fantasies as fact.
Good Lord. 56%. The republic is dead.
I think you are right. Even the liberal minded I know use the word as an insult.
The Hill?
I’m woke now that my afternoon nap is over.
“Equitiots”
I think some confuse woke with awake.
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