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+title:  Follow Up: I really tried to understand "wokeness"
+date:   Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:12:27 +0100
+author: -fab- <fab@redterminal.org>
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I got a question from Ben Collver to my post "I really tried to
understand wokeness"[1]. It was an objective and not unfriendly
email, asking me, what things I did "try" (to cite myself) to
understand "wokeness"

But it seemed to me to be a very practical question to what is a
mental process: the formation of opinions.

And I wrote a post in March 2024 in which I wrote about my
intention to change[2].

But over time I build up a resistance again against all the
wokeness opinions which some posts wanted to put down my throat.
And they seem not to be allowed to question and being forced on the
people. @Sandra already doesn't seem to talk to me anymore, since I
announced my opinion that we should increase the European nuclear
weapons arsenal in order to deter the Russian threat in my tinylog.

So to get back to Bens question: I didn't actively "practice"
wokeness, I mainly hold myself back, when somebody spoke out loudly
about their woke ideas, which seem to be just introduced to change
society just to make an influence. I did read other peoples posts,
think about it and formed an opinion. But that doesn't deceive me
to what the wokeness people really are: A very loud minority who
wants to re-educate the population to their own, sometimes very
strange beliefs.

And another opinion: I think the wokeness movement does mislead
our youth, especially those extreme left-wing kindergarteners and
teachers, which should be weeded out because they have extreme
influence on our children.

But I also think that a nation should protect it's minorities, but
wokeness is generally speaking the wrong way.


All in all - Have fun.
-fab-

[1:] gopher://redterminal.org:70/0/phlog/2025-12-16-I_really_tried_to_understand_wokeness.txt
[2:] gemini://redterminal.org/gemlog/2024-03-11-I_needed_to_adjust_myself_to_fit_in.gmi