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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1441452)	2/23/2024 6:34:33 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573683

Thanks Wharfie. It confirms my view that the question was worded in a way that would make a lot of people choose the positive definition over the negative one. After all, consider the contradictory results: In the first question, 40% of respondents overall would consider "woke" to be an insult vs. the 32% who would consider it a "compliment." Those results also track closely with independents. In the second question, however, 56% agree that "woke" means "to be informed, educated on, and aware of social injustices," vs. 39% saying that it means "to be overly politically correct and police others' words." Think about why there is a contradiction, and why only 32% would consider "woke" to be a compliment even though 56% agree that "woke" more closely matches the positive definition over the negative one. It is because the first question is more representative of real world attitudes toward the word, while the second question steers respondents toward the ideal definition of the word. In other words, the headline, "A GOP war on 'woke'? Most Americans see term as positive" is complete bullshit. Most Americans do NOT see the word as "positive." They may agree that the ideal definition of the word is intended to be positive, but when it comes to being "woke" themselves, a plurality of Americans don't want to be associated with the term. Tenchusatsu