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Comment by EthanHeilman

An issue here is that wokism is a term used as an insult by the antiwoke but not a term of self-description. So wokism is defined by the people against it and this leads to it being anything conservatives don't like as understood by conservatives.

Most of what the anti-woke hate about wokism, is wokisms argument that individuals should be allowed to define their own identity. For instance pronouns: antiwokism wants to have society at large decide what someone's pronouns are and are upset that people they describe as "woke" want to allow individuals to define their own gender identity. Or consider the case of gay marriage, the argument against it that you can't let individuals decide how to understand their own relationships or else it undermines the collective authority of society over individuals.

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