Current Events > President Obama- "You should get over being woke quickly"

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pogo_rabid
10/30/19 5:29:42 AM
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Video of the former president speaking at a summit.

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1189395819973099520
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King Rial
10/30/19 5:52:51 AM
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Word.
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LampChop
10/30/19 6:13:58 AM
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Watch them try to cancel my boy Obama, or call him alt-right down the line.
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DK9292
10/30/19 6:41:58 AM
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Godnorgosh posted...
While he's right that people aren't perfect and canceling people for imperfection is toxic, it's an odd thing coming from a former president who ran on "change" in the context of a presidential primary race. While no candidate is perfect, young people need to push the Overton window as far to the left as they can during a primary. We can't afford, for example, four years of Biden. And it's frustrating to see candidates run on "I'm better than Trump, so suck it up, buttercup."

No, we shouldn't and can't expect perfection, but we should expect and fight for better than what we're getting from the Democrats. We've got 18 candidates still in the race and most of them are pathetic on policy. This is not the time to settle, particularly in this anti-establishment, populist political era.

The concept of Western democracy is, sadly, based entirely on settling. It always has been in essence "which of these turds is the shiniest?" Even Obama, one of the most popular presidents in a long time, had haters.

There's a Scandinavian country whose name currently escapes me that practices TRUE democracy, where EVERYTHING the government does can be taken to a public vote. But America (and the rest of the west by extension) will never do that because it requires the higher ups to surrender their power. They know this, and that's why they can afford to force the voting public to "settle".
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R1masher
10/30/19 6:44:13 AM
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You guys should get over being woke
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MARKINGRAM22
10/30/19 6:44:38 AM
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Nazi!!!
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trappedunderice
10/30/19 6:48:51 AM
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Using the word woke just sounds fucking stupid to me like people who say bro.
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Omasitor Hain
10/30/19 6:53:52 AM
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I wish world powers employed rationality and humanity to their politics, but sadly, we have mostly power hungry vampires. Ready to suck the life out of anyone beneath them.
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voldothegr8
10/30/19 6:58:39 AM
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A rare time I agree with Obummer
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Were_Wyrm
10/30/19 7:11:58 AM
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LampChop posted...
Watch them try to cancel my boy Obama, or call him alt-right down the line.

https://imgur.com/luVRZa3
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LLKoolJosh
10/30/19 7:12:24 AM
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trappedunderice posted...
Using the word woke just sounds fucking stupid to me like people who say bro.



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CyricZ
10/30/19 7:16:41 AM
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Activism is absolutely more than pointing out the negative and calling it a day, which seems to be the real point of Obama's statement, moreso than "don't go woke".

At some point you do have to be the one to step up and be the change you want to see if you're going to consider yourself active, or you're no different than the cranks who just complain on social media all day of how the world is going to shit, the same people who have been doing so for decades and more in various forums and media.

This is not to say DON'T point out injustice when it happens.

In fact now that I've spooled through the majority of closing comments at that summit, the general tone seems to be "Yes, you will actually have to wake up, get up, get out there, because no one's going to do it for you."

And the way Obama opened up his statement is to reinforce that most of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement "were your age" (referencing the college-age students in the room).

You can watch the whole thing here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXSFmZu3PPA" data-time="&start=4038


Still, nice cherry picking by The Daily Wire's Saavedra to witness all that and say "Yeah Obama is saying going woke is for losers".
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pogo_rabid
10/30/19 8:02:29 AM
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CyricZ posted...
Activism is absolutely more than pointing out the negative and calling it a day, which seems to be the real point of Obama's statement, moreso than "don't go woke".

At some point you do have to be the one to step up and be the change you want to see if you're going to consider yourself active, or you're no different than the cranks who just complain on social media all day of how the world is going to shit, the same people who have been doing so for decades and more in various forums and media.

This is not to say DON'T point out injustice when it happens.

In fact now that I've spooled through the majority of closing comments at that summit, the general tone seems to be "Yes, you will actually have to wake up, get up, get out there, because no one's going to do it for you."

And the way Obama opened up his statement is to reinforce that most of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement "were your age" (referencing the college-age students in the room).

You can watch the whole thing here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXSFmZu3PPA" data-time="&start=4038


Still, nice cherry picking by The Daily Wire's Saavedra to witness all that and say "Yeah Obama is saying going woke is for losers".

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AlephZero
10/30/19 9:26:54 AM
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obama spreading alt right talking points, can't believe the russians got to him too
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Balrog0
10/30/19 9:27:24 AM
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AlephZero posted...
obama spreading alt right talking points, can't believe the russians got to him too


I can believe that

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TwoDoorPunkCab
10/30/19 9:28:22 AM
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trappedunderice posted...
Using the word woke just sounds fucking stupid to me like people who say bro.


bruh
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Sackgurl
10/30/19 9:28:25 AM
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Godnorgosh posted...
most of them are pathetic on policy


with a republican senate do we really expect them to enact any policy at all?

given the nature of the senate's electoral process and the huge advantage granted there to rural communities, when do we expect dems to even hold a majority in the senate again?
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PennState
11/01/19 12:39:14 AM
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Obama is shilling for Joe Biden...

Im a Bernie Sanders supporter and Joe Biden clearly has corrupt interests as well as many personal gaffes such as the inappropriate touching and smelling the hair of small girls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAymXlGSplU" data-time="

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RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk
11/01/19 12:41:53 AM
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The problem with Obama is that he's clearly and alt right Pepe infused white nationalist who's an advocate for the destruction of the liberal civil human rights

and he once made the okay gesture!!!

why the fuck is this news. woke is the newest buzzword on tumblr. it'll pass
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TomNook20
11/01/19 12:48:04 AM
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Milkman5
11/01/19 12:50:17 AM
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Obama low-key hates modern day liberals. He says stuff like this all the time.

Let's be real though, most people do.
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Boarth
11/01/19 12:58:54 AM
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Is "woke" slang?
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ssjevot
11/01/19 1:28:18 AM
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Godnorgosh posted...
it's an odd thing coming from a former president who ran on "change" in the context of a presidential primary race.


In the 2 minute clip posted by TC he explains why this type of woke activism isn't bringing about change.

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UnholyMudcrab
11/01/19 2:25:24 AM
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DK9292 posted...
There's a Scandinavian country whose name currently escapes me that practices TRUE democracy, where EVERYTHING the government does can be taken to a public vote.

That would be Switzerland, and it has the side effect that votes take fucking forever. Direct democracy simply would not work in a country the size of the U.S.
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Shadowplay
11/01/19 2:27:06 AM
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Godnorgosh posted...
While he's right that people aren't perfect and canceling people for imperfection is toxic, it's an odd thing coming from a former president who ran on "change" in the context of a presidential primary race. While no candidate is perfect, young people need to push the Overton window as far to the left as they can during a primary. We can't afford, for example, four years of Biden. And it's frustrating to see candidates run on "I'm better than Trump, so suck it up, buttercup."

No, we shouldn't and can't expect perfection, but we should expect and fight for better than what we're getting from the Democrats. We've got 18 candidates still in the race and most of them are pathetic on policy. This is not the time to settle, particularly in this anti-establishment, populist political era.

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Solid Snake07
11/01/19 2:27:15 AM
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Well, I hate to do this but I guess obama is cancelled
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LittleBonTron2
11/01/19 3:23:49 AM
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Obama being the only adult in the classroom
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Skye Reynolds
11/02/19 9:48:51 PM
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I voted for him twice.
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Machete
11/05/19 4:30:18 AM
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"woke" is a stupid term
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Kickflip
11/05/19 4:32:10 AM
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Machete posted...
"woke" is a stupid term


boy, you schleep
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Ilishe
11/05/19 4:33:06 AM
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He's absolutely right. Which isn't surprising, he's a very intelligent man.
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Machete
11/05/19 4:33:32 AM
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Kickflip posted...
Machete posted...
"woke" is a stupid term


boy, you schleep


don't assume my gender (edit: or age)
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Kickflip
11/05/19 4:35:26 AM
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Machete posted...
Kickflip posted...
Machete posted...
"woke" is a stupid term


boy, you schleep


don't assume my gender (edit: or age)


I see you've achieved wokeness. Congratulations.
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Machete
11/05/19 4:36:29 AM
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Kickflip posted...
Machete posted...
Kickflip posted...
Machete posted...
"woke" is a stupid term


boy, you schleep


don't assume my gender (edit: or age)


I see you've achieved wokeness. Congratulations.


oh... okay... well I still don't like the term. It's dumb.
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WerewolfPaws
11/06/19 7:37:49 PM
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Hes completely correct.
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Wewillrocku
11/06/19 8:14:08 PM
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just another out of touch northerner. obama believes there is such a thing as cancel culture which young people need to be warned away from.
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Boarth
11/07/19 11:21:48 PM
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Machete posted...
"woke" is a stupid term

yeah

Wewillrocku posted...
just another out of touch northerner. obama believes there is such a thing as cancel culture which young people need to be warned away from.

how many other "cultures" are out there just waiting to be discovered?
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dave_is_slick
11/08/19 12:01:50 AM
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CyricZ posted...
"Yes, you will actually have to wake up, get up, get out there,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjQK6GzZD-w
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D_Fen_Door
11/08/19 12:03:03 AM
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A war criminal being against justice? Whoda thunk it.

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Wewillrocku
11/08/19 11:35:00 AM
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Boarth posted...
how many other "cultures" are out there just waiting to be discovered?

none?
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bobaban
11/09/19 9:26:33 PM
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Ok, Boomer
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ThePrinceFish
11/09/19 9:27:00 PM
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Ok Obama
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