Labour HeartlandsWritten by Paul Knaggs ✏ 11-February-2023.

We’re in a culture war and it’s killing us all…

Woke! well, I’m awake and whatever woke was, whatever once stirred people to awake from slumber has now been transmogrified into an instrument of oppression, wielded by the zealous practitioners of cancel culture. it’s now nothing but a weapon of subjugation and used by those that want to rid themselves of all who disagree with them.

It is a bitter irony that these self-styled warriors for social justice have adopted the tactics of those they claim to despise. They engage in public shaming, harassment, and the erasure of history, all in the name of progress. They demand conformity and submission, and in doing so, they stifle the very diversity and pluralism they claim to celebrate . . . 

. . . In the grand theatre of the twenty-first century, we find ourselves captivated by the spectacle of the “Woke” brigade, a self-righteous collective that has taken it upon itself to dictate the limits of discourse and thought. Once a term to signify social awareness, “woke” has now become a bludgeon in the hands of the self-appointed guardians of virtue, who use it to silence and cancel those who dare to dissent.

Continue reading @ Labour Heartlands.

The Culture Wars Of Woke Imperialism 🪶 How Progressive Liberalism Is Killing the UK’s Left

Labour HeartlandsWritten by Paul Knaggs ✏ 11-February-2023.

We’re in a culture war and it’s killing us all…

Woke! well, I’m awake and whatever woke was, whatever once stirred people to awake from slumber has now been transmogrified into an instrument of oppression, wielded by the zealous practitioners of cancel culture. it’s now nothing but a weapon of subjugation and used by those that want to rid themselves of all who disagree with them.

It is a bitter irony that these self-styled warriors for social justice have adopted the tactics of those they claim to despise. They engage in public shaming, harassment, and the erasure of history, all in the name of progress. They demand conformity and submission, and in doing so, they stifle the very diversity and pluralism they claim to celebrate . . . 

. . . In the grand theatre of the twenty-first century, we find ourselves captivated by the spectacle of the “Woke” brigade, a self-righteous collective that has taken it upon itself to dictate the limits of discourse and thought. Once a term to signify social awareness, “woke” has now become a bludgeon in the hands of the self-appointed guardians of virtue, who use it to silence and cancel those who dare to dissent.

Continue reading @ Labour Heartlands.

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