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Re: Top or bottom posting; does it really matter?

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Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> writes:
>On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 13:12:17 GMT
>usenet@only.tnx (Questor) wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately, the term "woke" is being smeared by conservatives, and
>> there's not clear clear consensus on what it means to liberals.  That
>> being said, what's wrong with treating people of different sexual
>> orientations, or racial and cultural backgrounds, with the basic respect
>> due any human being?  What's wrong with addressing people in the manner
>> they wish to be addressed?  What's wrong with being upset at humor made
>> at the expense of people in some minority, or that perpetuates negative
>> stereotypes?  What's wrong with condeming statements that belittle or
>> denigrate others?
>
>	Nothing is wrong with any of that IMHO - my father would have
>disagreed with me on several points.
>
>> It seems to me that not all, but most of the people complaining about
>> "wokeness" are upset at being called out for acting like an asshole.
>
>	I think it is the "holier than thou" attitude of many users of the
>term rather than the principles themselves. As a child of the sixties I do
>find it perplexing the extent to which youngsters today seem to think
>they invented tolerance but hey the old beatniks probably thought similar
>things about us.

The _only_ people I've _ever_ heard (or seen in print) using the
term 'woke' have been conservatives using it to denigrate liberals;

I've never seen it used by someone who is supposedly 'woke'.

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  Re: Top or bottom posting; does it really matter? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2021-09-26 14:20 -0600
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