I feel that it is important to stop using
"woke" as an insult. That's an attempt to silence
serious issues.

Here in Melbourne we had the running of the Melbourne
Cup yesterday.

After 150 years of being a fixture on Australia's
social and sporting calendar, the relevance and
place of the Melbourne Cup Carnival is now being
questioned by more and more Aussies.

From concerns about animal welfare to gambling, there's
a vast amount of reasons that many people are saying
No to the Cup.

Others argue that the Cup is a multi-billion dollar
industry and not only creates thousands of jobs, but
brings Australians together for a day of social
celebration and Fashions on the Field. It also puts
Australia on the International Racing scene.

Is it "woke" to criticize the Cup and have concerns
about the relevance and place of the Cup in 2023?

stop using "woke" as an insult.
Foxy,
I totally agree & that's why I don't use it as an insult, I use as a wake-up to draw attention to the insidiousness of the Woke mentality !
Disregarding & even attacking the efforts of those who feed them is what makes the Woke the greater percentage of economic parasites in society.

Undyvidual,

Let me get this straight. Are you saying that those
who are concerned about social issues and such - you
consider to be parasites?

That's a bit insulting isn't it?

I feel that many of us are "woke" and we may not
even be aware of it. Because many of us educate ourselves
on current events and political issues. And often we become
socially engaged - such as posting on discussion forums.

There are people who watch the news 24/7 and they don't let
a single current event slip their notice. I know people who
utilize grassroots efforts to engage with their communities
to raise awareness of any issue that is important to them.
The federal Member of Parliament in my electorate is
such a hard-working person.

The usage of language and the word "woke"
is just one example in some cases of rampant
political polarization. because we'd rather assume that
people "on the other side" are misinformed et cetera,
rather than acknowledge the viability of different opinions
or priorities.

Many pf us have made that mistake on many issues.
Of which I am not proud - but I guess it is understandable
when you're passionate about certain things that are important
to you.

It's a learning process.
Although some of us are either too old to change or too set
in our ways.

" stop using "woke" as an insult".

Its not being used as an insult, but as a more accurate way to describe a certain class of people. These are people who used to luxuriate in calling themselves 'progressives' and now hate the more accurate term 'woke'.

"Just as we have Godwin's Law for internet forum discussions I think we will soon have a similar Law for the term woke."

So calling someone 'woke' is the equivalent of calling them a Nazi? But I get your point. Its always been part of the project of the leftist progressives/woke to control the language to control the debate. Anyone who has read '1984', or, more precisely, anyone who has understood 1984, will understand the process. Totalitarians to the last.