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aarestad on July 22, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: The United States withdraws from UNESCO

"woke" deployed as a noun really rankles me. But then, I guess that's the point eh - own those snowflakes, nothing matters, lol.

ceejayoz on July 22, 2025 | [–]

"woke, divisive cultural and social causes" is using it as an adjective. Causes is the noun.

FireBeyond on July 22, 2025 | | [–]

The Right commonly uses wokeness as a noun.

ceejayoz on July 22, 2025 | | | [–]

I don't disagree, but this isn't one of those cases.

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