Originally Posted by
PhilPhilPhil
I think woke ate itself somewhat.
There was widespread eye rolling in the early days at some of the stuff being highlighted or 'cancelled' but also a groundswell of support around the bigger issues like the MeToo movement and anti-racism stuff. As it continued it seemed to get stranger and stranger the stuff that was being targeted to the point that it was nearly a parody of itself and in general people are sick of so called trigger warnings and micro aggressions and the rest of the guff. I feel the movement became emboldened by early successes and then over-reached to the point that it lost the plot completely and now there's way less support and far more eye rolling.