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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Fri Apr 8, 2022, 04:06 PM Apr 2022

For Republican politicians, the word "woke" has become the equivalent of Pavlov's bell: it is a [View all]

noise they can make to elicit a predictable response from their ignorant "subjects".

Saying the word or ringing Pavlov's bell has no real meaning that either the Trump cultists or the dogs really understand.

When Pavlov rang his bell the dogs had been conditioned to associate the sound with getting food and so they salivated.

When a Trumplican says that an adversary is "woke", the mindless MAGA faithful have been conditioned to grin, smile and mumble nuggets like "Woke BAD!" or "Lock them up!".

Asked to explain what is meant by "woke", the average red cap wearer will hem, haw, mutter and eventually decide to act offended by the question. You'd actually get a better response if you asked one of Pavlov's dogs to explain why they're drooling all over themselves.

Come to think of it, why not ask the Trumplcans why THEY drool all over themselves?

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