War on Woke: Conservative Cultural Campaigning

[two sheds]

Culture Wars Round 2

Tories ignite culture war with Labour over ‘shutting women up’

Health secretary accuses opposition of stoking ‘atmosphere of intimidation’ for a decade over trans issues

www.independent.co.uk

Like the tories have womens' best interests at heart

 

[Elpenor]

I haven’t listened to the interview yet, but according to a conductor putting on operas outside of opera houses is woke.

‘Misguided wokeism’ puts people off opera, says top London conductor

LSO’s Antonio Pappano says many in UK are ‘embarrassed’ by art form and suspicious of cultural achievements

www.theguardian.com

 

[two sheds]

Yeh well all of opera and British cultural achievements are woke so there

 

[Raheem]

I haven’t listened to the interview yet, but according to a conductor putting on operas outside of opera houses is woke.

‘Misguided wokeism’ puts people off opera, says top London conductor

LSO’s Antonio Pappano says many in UK are ‘embarrassed’ by art form and suspicious of cultural achievements

www.theguardian.com

The headline seems to be quite a bad misrepresentation of the article. In one place he talks about people being put off opera (reason: it is seen as elitist), then later he says the phrase "misguided wokeism". But he doesn't make a causal link between the two afaict.

 

[belboid]

Culture Wars Round 2

Tories ignite culture war with Labour over ‘shutting women up’

Health secretary accuses opposition of stoking ‘atmosphere of intimidation’ for a decade over trans issues

www.independent.co.uk

Like the tories have womens' best interests at heart

2? I think you've skipped over. a couple of hundred other rounds

 

[two sheds]

This looks a proper ratcheting up though. Labour is telling women to shut up

I mean they probably do, but coming from tories ...

 

[Lotte]

Article in the Torygraph saying 'when churches go woke, they die'. I'm guessing 'woke' means 'not ranting at the congregation about how they're all going to hell'.

 

[Cloo]

To my list from earlier this year we can add:

Sandwich fillings liked by young people
Milk that isn't full fat
Swearing (because the BBC's 'woke' 'Great Expectations' - see below - had swearing in it)
Being interested in history
Healthy food
Talking about feelings
People of colour existing
LGBTQ+ people existing
People of colour being cast in anything (See 'Great Expectations above)
LGBTQ+ people being cast in anything
Women being cast as the leads in anything
Working from home
Hybrid working
Civil servants
The armed forces
The police
The British Establishment
The National Trust
The menopause existing
Archaeology

 

[8ball]

Article in the Torygraph saying 'when churches go woke, they die'. I'm guessing 'woke' means 'not ranting at the congregation about how they're all going to hell'.

Yes, everyone seems to be guessing what ‘woke’ means.

 

[Cloo]

Yes, everyone seems to be guessing what ‘woke’ means.

This reminds me of hearing about American pastors now having MAGA types going up to them asking where they got 'all the woke stuff' in their sermons from.

Uh... from the stuff Jesus is reported to have said?

 

[Elpenor]

To my list from earlier this year we can add:

Sandwich fillings liked by young people
Milk that isn't full fat
Swearing (because the BBC's 'woke' 'Great Expectations' - see below - had swearing in it)
Being interested in history
Healthy food
Talking about feelings
People of colour existing
LGBTQ+ people existing
People of colour being cast in anything (See 'Great Expectations above)
LGBTQ+ people being cast in anything
Women being cast as the leads in anything
Working from home
Hybrid working
Civil servants
The armed forces
The police
The British Establishment
The National Trust
The menopause existing
Archaeology

I count as woke in at least 6 ways according to the list. I don’t think I class as young otherwise it would be 7

 

[Sue]

To my list from earlier this year we can add:

Sandwich fillings liked by young people

Going on the young people I know, they kind of have a point.

(Oh God, I just agreed with the Tories on something. Shoot me now.)

 

[Ax^]

what sandwich filling do young people like

is this the avocado thing again

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

what sandwich filling do young people like

is this the avocado thing again

Good point. I didn't actually read the article.
I wonder if it's anything more fancy than Ham and cheese or cheese and pickle?

Salami brie and walnut?

What set them off?

 

[moochedit]

To my list from earlier this year we can add:

Sandwich fillings liked by young people
Milk that isn't full fat
Swearing (because the BBC's 'woke' 'Great Expectations' - see below - had swearing in it)
Being interested in history
Healthy food
Talking about feelings
People of colour existing
LGBTQ+ people existing
People of colour being cast in anything (See 'Great Expectations above)
LGBTQ+ people being cast in anything
Women being cast as the leads in anything
Working from home
Hybrid working
Civil servants
The armed forces
The police
The British Establishment
The National Trust
The menopause existing
Archaeology

I thought they liked the armed forces?

 

[moochedit]

Yes, everyone seems to be guessing what ‘woke’ means.

Anything they don't like

 

[Boo Radley75]

To my list from earlier this year we can add:

Sandwich fillings liked by young people
Milk that isn't full fat
Swearing (because the BBC's 'woke' 'Great Expectations' - see below - had swearing in it)
Being interested in history
Healthy food
Talking about feelings
People of colour existing
LGBTQ+ people existing
People of colour being cast in anything (See 'Great Expectations above)
LGBTQ+ people being cast in anything
Women being cast as the leads in anything
Working from home
Hybrid working
Civil servants
The armed forces
The police
The British Establishment
The National Trust
The menopause existing
Archaeology

Don't forget plastic bottle tops...

People are just noticing this 'woke' change to plastic water bottles

This change is here to stay...

metro.co.uk

 

[Lotte]

Everton Women are woke because the entire team got Player of the Match, at least according to angry Liverpool fans. I mean, Courtney Brosnan should have got it but it is the last women's derby to be played at Goodison, possibly forever considering the state of the world, so I can kind of see why they thought 'why not'. It's kind of ironic seeing Liverpool fans complaining about wokeness, considering the way other fans view them.

How is menopause woke? It's just a biological feature.

 

[Cloo]

How is menopause woke? It's just a biological feature.

IIRC the 'story' was that a senior police chief wore a hot-flush simulating vest for a day. Like, how dare he attempt to gain understanding of how older female staff might be affected by the perimenopause

 

[alex_]

IIRC the 'story' was that a senior police chief wore a hot-flush simulating vest for a day. Like, how dare he attempt to gain understanding of how older female staff might be affected by the perimenopause

Optimising workplaces for men would obviously not be woke.

 

[Elpenor]

IIRC the 'story' was that a senior police chief wore a hot-flush simulating vest for a day. Like, how dare he attempt to gain understanding of how older female staff might be affected by the perimenopause

And had the nerve to wear it at the cenotaph disrespecting the fallen

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

And had the nerve to wear it at the cenotaph disrespecting the fallen

Why did they fall over in the first place? Eating the wrong kind of sandwiches I expect.

 

[A380]

To my list from earlier this year we can add:

Sandwich fillings liked by young people
Milk that isn't full fat
Swearing (because the BBC's 'woke' 'Great Expectations' - see below - had swearing in it)
Being interested in history
Healthy food
Talking about feelings
People of colour existing
LGBTQ+ people existing
People of colour being cast in anything (See 'Great Expectations above)
LGBTQ+ people being cast in anything
Women being cast as the leads in anything
Working from home
Hybrid working
Civil servants
The armed forces
The police
The British Establishment
The National Trust
The menopause existing
Archaeology

People who don’t have a shrine to Princess Di in their house
Anyone under 58
Life boats
RNIB - see life boats above but believing in dyslexia is woke

 

[A380]

I thought they liked the armed forces?

No, they like the idea of the armed forces, and they served almost three weeks ( every Thursday night) in the ATC when they were 12 in 1971. But not the actual armed forces with women, people who aren’t white ( apart from Johny Ghurka ) and the gays.