Is Ireland becoming a Woke Society? Are people too scared to say anything as it may offend…..
Are we too tolerant and easily lead?
Some of that is more The Great Awakening, it doesn't quite overlap directly because the Great Awakening was also about religious revival. Or just political liberalism / reform.
'Woke' in terms of its journey towards the way it is used today, is usually accepted to date from the 1930s, and was originally a defensive stance:
I advise everybody, be a little careful when they go along through there (Scottsboro) – best stay woke, keep their eyes open."[4][12] Aja Romano writes at Vox that this usage reflects "Black Americans' need to be aware of racially motivated threats and the potential dangers of white America".
There were also a lot of crazy, unimaginable things proposed that didn't pan out... because they were just too 'gone mad'. Were they 'woke' too?
Eugenics was taken up by 'progressive' societies who espoused many of the causes listed above. Was that woke?
Woke isn't anything new. Abolishing slavery, Catholic Emancipation, interracial and denominational marriage, social Welfare, gay rights, women allowed to vote and have property rights, banning child labour, abortion rights, gay marriage, all those things were considered crazy, unimaginable and pc gone mad at some stage.
Reminds me of the Ben Elton book:
'Gamer Guy" gets murdered while gaming so that was his last identity, so the pathologist says that was what he identified last so that's what goes down on his death cert. Everybody else looks at each other going wtf but nobody says anything.
Very funny book and sums up the confusion of growing old and things changing.
I believe the unwoke regularly organise lynching parties.
Pretty,petty unwitty reposte.
You can't be woke if you're having a nap. I'm trying to sleep my way through it.
I wonder what people here have done to stop this nefarious woke takeover.
More woke than awake unfortunately.
All the while, they want to legislate for assisted dying for drug addicts. What a wonderful commitment to the dignity of the human being, our Canadian friends display.
In Canada it's now illegal to point out that the Emperor is completely starkers, or that the Ugly Ducking is, in fact, a swan.
I enjoy the woke
It's like the modern day version of the freak show at the circus.
Becoming?
It already happened a good few years ago.
People out looking to be offended by every little thing.
Gobshytes
Are the people claiming that men can have babies and are entitled to access to women only spaces going to the psychiatric hospital, first?
Mentally ill and vindictive?
That would well describe many of the posters on Boards of all political persuasions from my 19 years of being on the site, especially the ones who are re-reg trolls and cannot let a thread pass by without feeling the burning need to contribute their pearls of wisdom to the “debate” - usually just a circular online spat between the usual suspects.
There are so many posters on Boards who would do well to check themselves into a psychiatric hospital for a good long stay rather than spend day in, day out online looking to be offended and “triggered.”
Bitterness, delusion and obsessiveness dripping from so many posts and threads on Boards.
Pregnant person and chest feeder are terms that exist only to suits the whims of the mentally ill and vindictive.
That sounds sort of dirty 😂
Mad the terms these crazies are coming up with tbh.
Ive an old baby carrier around the house somewhere. Strap it on. Throw the baby into it and off you go.
For a person (do you identify as a person? Maybe you’d prefer I refer to you as indeterminate spirit or the reincarnation of a chief on an ancient Zimbabwean tribe?), so keen to let others have the last word, you’re still posting.
I find your reference to teeth extremely offensive as I have had some serious dental problems in my life. I would prefer to be referred to as a dentured person rather than having a mouth that would turn your stomach.
Thank you for your understanding and support.
I'll give you this. You've done your very best to try and trigger me. Sorry though too old in the tooth to take the bait with this kind of juvenile stuff. Now I know you kids love the last word so have at it.
Does adding pronouns harm you in some way?
Maybe mentally having to put up with this bullshit because some people want to feel part of this new wave of whatever its called when they really couldnt care one iota - Its juts the "in " thing to do these days ie adding your pronouns to your email signature, social media accounts - actually one person even introduced themselves to me with "Hi Im Mr Smith and my pronouns are xyz" - first thought that came to me was this lad is an absolute wanker. And the truth - he was an absolute wanker and nothing to do with his introduction really - it just didnt do him any favours.
The people Im talking about would be slightly racist, slightly sexist , slightly homophobic yet here they are adding their pro nouns to every correspondence you have with them so they "fit in". So yeah it is "bollox"
Does it help gender queer people fell free to express who they are?
Why is there a need for gender queer people to continually express themselves. I couldnt care less what you identify as - I just dont want it pushed in my face at every available opportunity. Live and let live and treat everyone the same is how I like to do things. My filter doesnt always work 100% and I may say something that offends someone buts its never personal.
Its like that old joke "How do you know if someones a vegetarian? Gender queer has become the new vegetarian.
So the net result is some people feel more included in society. -
If continually telling people their status makes them feel more included in society then we really have more serious issues. It actually screams to me of them being very uncomfortable with themselves and / or seeking attention.
If you have aproblem with a post, report it. I'm sure the thread will soon be locked anyway, as any discussion of this nature is seen as an attack on transgenderism.
Seems you can't refute what I have said, so you opt for deflection instead.
You accused another poster of not having actually read the NHS article. You haven't either, or at least you don't understand it. When an organisation makes a policy, the staff are expected to follow it. For fear of losing their jobs, the staff are effectively "forced" to use nonsense language in the name of inclusivity and at the expense of everyone else who knows it's all ridiculous BS. To add language reference terms into a policy document is an infringement on the employee having to adhere to the policy if it goes against their belief, science, or common sense.
It's really simple. A pregnant person using the maternity services is a woman. A man can't be pregnant and cannot be a woman, or a birthing person. Everyone knows this. A "biological partner" or a "chest feeder" could be a man or a woman and muddies the waters. Supporting the use of these terms in official policy is subvertive to normal, scientific an common language. I'd like to think you are intelligent enough to recognise that, no matter your ideology.
Do you think it's acceptable for a company to force new language terms on their employees? Let's say the employer changed their policy and were told to call anyone with short hair a "Dolphin" an anyone with long hair was to be called a "kangaroo". The policy change was to be introduced because a minority of locals self identified as Dolphins and Kangaroos with hair styles defining their preference.
Failing to follow company policy can lead to dismissal. Would you support this policy and if not, why not?
https://www.boards.ie/profile/973692/Facthunt
Are you following this thread still? Are you happy to know that you started this thread and now sit back smug in the knowledge that your "woke" issue has multiple non connected issues eg pedophile, transgender, breast feeding, male/female, and prob more are all being mixed into a "debate" that you started.
For sport as far as I can see.
Trolling at its best. Down right vindictive at worst.
You carry on trying to pursuade yourself I am part of some grand agenda to subvert language. It's a bit laughable really.
Real reds under the bed territory.
You nailed your colours to the mast when you tried to convince us that it's normal to use nonsense terms such as "child carrier", "person birther" or any other term to distract from normal words like, "woman" or "man". Any words that muddy the waters or which can cause confusion and which are encouraged by people are most definitely the same people with an agenda an skin in the game, whether or not they wish to acknowledge it.
To call a woman a birthing person is designed to force language onto the average person in order to satisfy an agenda. It doesn't belong in any formal or legal documentation and should be kept informal for the minority of people who want to play word games.
Not yet. This has been a very pleasant interaction though. I hope that it hasn’t triggered you. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday. Please try not to further support any terrorists that murder and mutilate innocent Israeli civilians.
You're going to have point that one out to me because I don't remember ever making a comment along those lines, I would say your original response to my post was baffling, perhaps you skimmed it and didn't read it properly, have another go and if you apologize for making up an absolute bare face lie that'd be great too.
By which, I suppose you to mean; "nonsense".
Cool story bro. Have I reached your level of refutation yet?
You’ve lost me. I was responding to someone conflating education about LGBT+ issues with pedophillia. I point out that the people doing this should go argue with the actual pedophile enablers.
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