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Old 08-05-2021, 02:15 PM #17
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Holding an opinion that's popular within certain groups but is NOT evidence-based, or backed by a solid philosophy or explanation, without giving it much (if any) thought, because it's been declared to be "the right way to think".

Now... many of the ideologies that would fall under "woke" are absolutely solid and valid, others don't stand up to scrutiny when it comes right down to it, HOWEVER that's not the part that's relevant;

If someone holds an opinion because it sounds virtuous, and largely because other members of "their group" think it's correct, but (and this is the important part) cannot actually justify or explain their individual thinking or philosophies when pressed ont he subject then that is what I would call "wokeness". Also the idea that deviation from, or even vague questioning of, the status-quo opinion is "wrong" or "immoral". That doesn't mean the opinion is NOT virtuous or doesn't have merit. It's about how that person came to that conclusion.

Similar examples of group-think/tribalism exist all across the political spectrum but I'd say what makes it specifically "wokeness" is that moral absolutism when it comes to social justice issues.

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