ICYMI: “woke” is now a political slur.

Co-opting language remains one of the most popular tactics of white supremacy.

As well as...

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧐" title="Gesicht mit Monokel" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Monokel"> Acting like one doesn’t know what white supremacy is

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧐" title="Gesicht mit Monokel" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Monokel"> Trying to destroy people’s credibility with lies, exaggerations, and extreme moral judgements

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧐" title="Gesicht mit Monokel" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Monokel"> Fomenting fear among white people by creating threats out of issues and people will barely affect them

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧐" title="Gesicht mit Monokel" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Monokel"> Banking on the fact that people won’t look in to their questionable past (or care), but will definitely be looking in every nook and cranny of yours

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧐" title="Gesicht mit Monokel" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Monokel"> Diminishing the serious and legitimate pain of others by pretending that some bullshit is as bad as the worst crimes that can happen to a person

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧐" title="Gesicht mit Monokel" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Monokel"> Framing issues around concern for the “nation” and “heritage” as though it’s looking out for everyone but is obviously only concerned about white culture and white people

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧐" title="Gesicht mit Monokel" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Monokel"> Talking a lot about people one doesn’t know and being insistent about making decisions on their behalf

Oh, and...

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧐" title="Gesicht mit Monokel" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Monokel"> Heavily implying things without explicitly naming them (and hoping that someone else will do the dirty work) so they are not liable

What did I miss...? https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Denkendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Denkendes Gesicht">