Current Events > what's the meaning behind "Stay Woke" with Freddy Krueger on it?

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Giant_Aspirin
03/01/23 4:53:13 PM
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there's a pickup truck in my neighborhood with this sticker on it and I'm struggling to understand what it means. my initial thought was that it's a right-wing way to criticize "woke" people. But that doesn't make sense because Freddy only kills people in their sleep, so staying awake, or "woke", would be the only way to stay safe. So is this saying you should remain woke, or you might die? or does this have nothing at all to do with politics or "wokeness"?

it looks like this (can't direct link to the image, sorry)

https://www.artistshot.com/freddy-krueger-stay-woke-license-plate-p-6322833

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Trumble
03/01/23 4:54:34 PM
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You're probably reading far more into this than either the creator or the buyer did.

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Irony
03/01/23 4:55:30 PM
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I remember seeing that image and term long before the whole woke thing was a thing

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JKwaffle
03/01/23 4:56:09 PM
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You're over thinking it. The dude probably just thought it was a funny play on words/reference.

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Jiek_Fafn
03/01/23 4:57:25 PM
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They're identifying with the child molesting serial killer? Odd choice

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WaterLink
03/01/23 4:58:11 PM
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Giant_Aspirin posted...
Freddy only kills people in their sleep, so staying awake, or "woke", would be the only way to stay safe.

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garan
03/01/23 5:01:42 PM
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JKwaffle posted...
You're over thinking it. The dude probably just thought it was a funny play on words/reference.


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WolfFangHowell
03/01/23 5:01:51 PM
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Jiek_Fafn posted...
They're identifying with the child molesting serial killer? Odd choice

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knightmarexx
03/01/23 5:04:16 PM
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It's probably talking about cancel culture, and all the associated things.
If you don't go woke, you'll be cancelled, and some on Twitter will literally threaten to beat you/kill you,etc... on Twitter, as the former SNP Equalities officer did:

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/snp-equalities-officer-threatened-beat-28189613

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FortuneCookie
03/01/23 5:06:07 PM
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It means to stay awake because he'll kill you in your sleep. The end.
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FortuneCookie
03/01/23 5:08:01 PM
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Jiek_Fafn posted...
They're identifying with the child molesting serial killer? Odd choice

He wasn't a child molester until the remake. The original deliberately avoided making any connections because they didn't want to be seen as exploiting headlines at the time. Also, Freddy wasn't meant to become an iconic character. The original was just meant to be a ghost story.

Freddy vs Jason, which didn't have Wes Craven's involvement, did have Freddy suggestively licking the back of a photo though. But still, that was nearly 20 years after the first movie came out. I'd call that after the fact.
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Raikuro
03/01/23 5:11:35 PM
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Means anti woke ppl wanna kill teenagers
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