You say "only have made-up racism & discrimination as an argument"
WTF? - Not Again,
Much so-called racism is nothing more than the only available excuse for those who blame others for their own faults when things don't go their way.
I've witnessed this many times myself. There is far less racism than is claimed but there is more exploiting racism than is being admitted to.

Foxy,

You have given the original meaning assigned to "woke" however, like many other words the meaning attached to the word has been warped.

The meanings more closely associated with "woke" are

Sanctimonious,
Intolerant, and
Arrogant.

Shadow Minister,

I did say in my earlier post that woke has become a
"general pejorative - for anyone who is or appears
to be left leaning." Especially as we've seen - on
this forum.

It has been warped into expressing contempt and
disapproval. Some have latched onto the term and
weaponized it as an easy way to dismiss or
discount issues or grievances that they may not
agree with or find them too progressive, or
not be able to understand them.

The simple four letter word is an easy way of
trying to silence people - and avoid uncomfortable
conversations. Its become a way to dismiss very real
concerns.

This type of signaling is disrespectful - and counter-
productive.

Woke is merely a substitute for 'progressive'. The left like to think of and call themselves 'progressive' as if every moronic idea that grips them is an advance in civilisation.

Saner minds hated calling these people 'progressive' since it is clearly a misnomer.

And then the term 'woke' popped up via black American slang. It is used ironically to refer to people who think of themselves as 'progressive' to mock the fact that they rarely are 'woke' to what's really going on.

So if you are 'woke' and are called such, just, in your mind, substitute the word 'progressive' and you'll feel better about yourself. You'll still be wrong but you'll convince yourself otherwise.

mhaze,
rather well said !

They used to be called "Trendies".
eg someone who insists on being addressed by a pronown such as "they".
such as "is they there ?"
Pronouns can be anything, you could insist on being addressed as
"sludge" or "gearbox" etc etc.
A Woke judge in SA has instructed that a woman who was raped must
refer in the court to the man as "she" because he says she is a trans.
It does really get to that ding-a-ling state.