My federal Liberal Member of Parliament I consider to
be woke. He is plugged in and is very much aware and
involved in his community. He's totally socially engaged
and has raised awareness in the community of many issues.

Which to me simply goes to show that we can't really
pigeon-hole people when we have educated impassionate
individuals on all sides of an issue.

Of course it is much easier to assume that people
"on the other side" are misinformed rather than
acknowledge the viability of different opinions or
priorities.

"Of course it is much easier to assume that people "on the other side" are misinformed "

Well reading posts like the last, its certainly easy to see that people are misinformed about the meaning of 'woke'.

The meaning of woke is clear enough
and clarity is a big virtue in these times.

Are you saying that those who are concerned about social issues and such - you
consider to be parasites?
Foxy,
No, I'm not at all saying that & I made that abundantly clear. There's a huge difference between holding your hand out for benefits derived from those whom the Woke criticise & understanding the dilemma of helping people in need. Demanding funding for Arts & other frivolities in times of economic downturn does not fall into the category of need. There is no merit in spending time on something no-one wants to buy off you or has no use for.

Just as "gay" originally meant cheerful and carefree, woke used to mean socially aware.

When Foxy says her MP is woke I hope he's not an obnoxious virtue signaller that she implies.

Shadow Minister,

The Member of Parliament that I was referring to
in my earlier post is Keith Wolahan - the federal
Liberal MP for Menzies who replaced Kevin Andrews
in my electorate. He's genuine, caring, and
very involved in his community and is actively
attentive to important facts and issues.

Yes, words certainly do change. The term "woke" Thris
being used today by some as a stick with which to
beat people who like MP Keith Wolahan aspire to
the values of being aware and actively attentive
to important facts and issues (especially issues
of racial and social injustice).

The stick is often wielded by those who don't recognize how
un-woke they themselves are, or are proud of the fact.

As long as injustices remain - new words will emerge
to describe them.