Meaning of woke mind virus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Leftist, progressive, or social justice-supporting movements that are perceived by opponents to be fanatical or corrupting society.
   derogatory, neologism, slang
2. Perceived left-wing threats to freedom of speech or conservative values.
   broadly, derogatory, neologism, slang

Examples

“"We have made Florida the state where woke goes to die," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a recent event in Virginia. "The woke mind virus represents a war on merit. It represents a war on achievement."”

“Musk told Peterson that Wilson’s gender transition has been the motivation for his push into conservative politics. “I vowed to destroy the woke mind virus after that, and we’re making some progress,” he said.”

““I think we need to be very cautious about anything that is anti-meritocratic and anything that results in the suppression of free speech,” Musk said to Maher. “So those are two of the aspects of the ‘woke mind virus’ that I think are very dangerous…. you can’t question things, even the questioning is bad. Almost synonymous would be cancel culture. And obviously people have tried to cancel you many times.””

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