{"id":983614,"date":"2021-11-08T06:58:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T11:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=983614"},"modified":"2021-11-08T06:58:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T11:58:37","slug":"aoc-republicans-using-woke-as-derogatory-euphemism-for-civil-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-republicans-using-woke-as-derogatory-euphemism-for-civil-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC: Republicans Using &#039;Woke&#039; as &#039;Derogatory Euphemism for Civil Rights&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faoc-republicans-using-woke-as-derogatory-euphemism-for-civil-rights%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=983614&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The open and proud socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) declared on Sunday that Republicans have been using wokeness as a means to distract Democrats from pursuing racial justice.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of tweets, the congresswoman said that Democrats believing in a \u201cwoke problem\u201d will hurt their chances for reelection because they \u201crely on the racial justice issue of voting rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_17967786\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tax-the-Rich.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17967786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tax-the-Rich.jpeg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (L) attends the 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021, in New York City. (Mike Coppola\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cOne dangerous aspect of thinking there\u2019s a \u2018woke problem\u2019 is that Dem chances for re-election or majorities in House, Senate, &amp; WH rely on the racial justice issue of voting rights,\u201d she tweeted. \u201cDems distancing from racial justice makes protection of voting rights less likely, ensuring losses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to AOC, the term \u201cwoke\u201d has been appropriated by Republicans as a \u201cderogatory euphemism for civil rights &amp; justice,\u201d charging that Fox News not only serves to indoctrinate right-wingers but also to trick Democrats into believing that racial justice is \u201ccontroversial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Woke\u2019 is a term pundits are now using as a derogatory euphemism for civil rights &amp; justice. Making up a \u2018woke\u2019 problem results in putting civil &amp; voting rights on the backburner,\u201d she tweeted. \u201cIn a year state legislatures are planning out GOP majorities &amp; voter suppression, that\u2019s dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPeople think Fox News is just about indoctrinating right-wingers, but it\u2019s also about conditioning Dems on what to run away from,\u201d she concluded. \u201cFraming racial justice as \u2018controversial\u2019 is key to delaying the protection of voting rights (&amp; others) until it\u2019s too late. We shouldn\u2019t indulge it.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.436950146628\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWoke\u201d is a term pundits are now using as a derogatory euphemism for civil rights &amp; justice.<\/p>\n<p>Making up a \u201cwoke\u201d problem results in putting civil &amp; voting rights on the backburner. In a year state legislatures are planning out GOP majorities &amp; voter suppression, that\u2019s dangerous<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1457517036993716224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.485380116959\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">People think Fox News is just about indoctrinating right-wingers, but it\u2019s also about conditioning Dems on what to run away from. Framing racial justice as \u201ccontroversial\u201d is key to delaying the protection of voting rights (&amp; others) until it\u2019s too late. We shouldn\u2019t indulge it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1457526879867506696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>AOC waded into woke apologetics over the weekend when she publicly bashed Democratic strategist James Carville for arguing that \u201cstupid wokeness\u201d cost the Democrats in multiple elections last Tuesday, from Virginia to New Jersey to Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[W]hat went wrong is just stupid wokeness,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/06\/aoc-rips-james-carville-for-blaming-wokeness-in-terry-mcauliffe-defeat\/\">said<\/a> Carville. \u201cDon\u2019t just look at Virginia and New Jersey. Look at Long Island, look at Buffalo, look at Minneapolis, even look at Seattle, Wash. I mean, this \u2018defund the police\u2019 lunacy, this take Abraham Lincoln\u2019s name off of schools. I mean that \u2014 people see that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just really \u2014 has a suppressive effect all across the country on Democrats. Some of these people need to go to a \u2018woke\u2019 detox center or something,\u201d Carville continued. \u201cThey\u2019re expressing a language that people just don\u2019t use, and there\u2019s backlash and a frustration at that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AOC then charged Carville was merely repeating talking points straight from the echo chamber of Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike the average audience for people seriously using the word \u2018woke\u2019 in a 2021 political discussion are James Carville and Fox News pundits so that should tell you all you need to know,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1456654094400110597?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">tweeted<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd before people disingenuously complain \u2018woke\u2019 is denigrating to older people, it\u2019s actually pundits like Carville using terms like \u2018woke\u2019 to insult voters under 45 that\u2019s denigrating,\u201d she later added. \u201cDon\u2019t wonder why youth turnout falls when Dems talk about them like this. We need everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.44347826087\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And before people disingenuously complain \u201cwoke\u201d is denigrating to older people, it\u2019s actually pundits like Carville using terms like \u201cwoke\u201d to insult voters under 45 that\u2019s denigrating.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t wonder why youth turnout falls when Dems talk about them like this. We need everyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1456657128727400448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The open and proud socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) declared on Sunday that Republicans have been using wokeness as a means to distract Democrats from pursuing racial justice. 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