The real question that needs answering is why people keep falling into the “proof by anecdote” trap:
- Are the 57.5 members of the WWP relevant?
- Some DSA chapters comment, and the only examples you give of their awesome power!! are two members of Congress — who agree with you.
- By the ADL’s own admission, BLM chapters are independent, and the national group hasn’t commented.
- The beliefs of the Harvard students you mention are so pervasive that the source for your comments about them is titled “Harvard Student Groups Face Intense Backlash for Statement Calling Israel’ Entirely Responsible’ for Hamas Attack.”
Oh god, the entire left has lost its mind!
To be fair, you do write, “For the avoidance of any doubt, this isn’t an attack on liberalism or one of those insufferable ‘wHy i LeFt ThE lEft’ posts.”
But in real and practical terms, that’s basically what it is.
You take a few scattered voices in a big weird country where anything you can imagine is happening somewhere, and use it to portray the entire concept of “woke” as evil. But after all the nonsense, what does that word even mean? Nothing, except to conservatives, for whom it means “we hate the left.”
In other words, the only reason to use it at all is in the conservative sense — “wHy i LeFt ThE lEft.” Meanwhile, the standard stated position on the right is the opposite extreme, that Israel is blameless in all things and the Palestinians should be kicked to the curb. Not to play whataboutism, but if you’re going to go after liberals for positions that have zero traction in the halls of actual power, you ought to mention that the other extreme is gospel on the other side.
In political terms, the Democrats are 90% pro-Israel-but-let’s-at-least-consider-the-Palestinians. Republicans are 90% pro-Israel-and-screw-the-Palestinians, the remaining 10% being Nazis and other assorted “Jews will not replace us” types.
In other words, “woke” is meaningless, the internet isn’t real, and friends don’t let friends use proof by anecdote.
