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In response to "Who is overreacting exactly? I think social media is definitely fueling the culture war and the rotting but that implies that the rot was there to st" by JackDawson

I think that "woke culture" sometimes overreacts. And yes, there was rot there, but it's been fueled and cultivated by social media. It's expanded

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Oct 2 '19, 15:02

it, empowered it and segregated it in ways that we've never seen. I also agree with Reagan and the effect of a dishonest expansion of the wealth gap, but I do think social media is the gasoline that turned things into what it is now.

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I still don't get what "woke" culture is. - Amoxy Oct 2, 15:37
Yeah well you'll hear no argument from me there! Will we stop it? And the values that lead to it? I had the most RIDIC gym situation today - JackDawson Oct 2, 15:07 5
- *people* are ridiculous. -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 15:11 4
  - The ultra woke sensitivity is a huge issue. It came from the parents, the kids are just manifesting it. -- nm - JackDawson Oct 2, 15:16 3
    - but as you say, the initial "I am the dictator of the gym class!" bit is just as ridiculous - Reagen Oct 2, 15:24 2
      - Oh my god the dictators of the gym class trying to change the tunes should be shot in the head immediately - JackDawson Oct 2, 15:28 1
        
        some of these things go in cycles - PCU was made in 1994 (on the tail end of that cycle) and some of the jokes in it play verbatim today. -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 15:36
I'm going to post a TED talk here that ReluctantCynic sent me a few months ago. I don't 100% agree with everything said but it's interesting. -- (link*) - Strongbad, Champ Champ Oct 2, 15:05 4
- Thanks. I'll watch later. Gotta run. -- nm - pmb Oct 2, 15:13
- I will also add, before watching this, that until we start punishing people for lying, good will never defeat evil instant communication. - Max Oct 2, 15:11 2
  - It's not a lie if I believe it to be true, Max! -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Oct 2, 15:13 1
    - Hear me now and believe me later! -- nm - Max Oct 2, 15:13

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I think that "woke culture" sometimes overreacts. And yes, there was rot there, but it's been fueled and cultivated by social media. It's expanded

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