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I do appreciate this dive you did, and I feel that what Stanford said is after-the-fact damage control spin. If you're a US citizen, you're automatically American because that's the name of the country and thus an interchangeable term. If they were truly concerned about Canadian and Mexican representation when describing residents of the continent, then just say "North Americans" because that's the name of the continent. I read it originally as saying not to use American because it might hurt the feelings of people who are present without paperwork to be so, or have paperwork but aren't citizens. North American would also include the undocumented and H1-B visa holders. Visa holders aren't Americans or US citizens, even if they live there for years as they are expected to return. They are temporary residents as are tourists.
He planning on compiling a list of wokes while he's at it? >

I hacked his computer and found his methodology. >

If I were a religious person, I'd be checking his head for 666, he's a fuckin scary guy. >

He worked at Guantanamo Bay in 2006 during George W. Bush's presidency. While it's unclear what exactly the work he was doing there was, it's clear he didn't object to a work atmosphere filled with the casual dehumanization of POC. >

"Be afraid of....something but if I win....I'll fix....that something!" >

He's fun to laugh at but so was Trump I'm 2015-2016. Let's not sleep on this and really drive home how batshit insane this guy is >

He’s such a wannabe supervillain >

i'm sure florida will be well served by desantis spending the next two years running for president, flying around the country courtesy of florida's tax dollars. 
who's gonna run the state while he's busy? >

Well, nobody's better than DeSantis.
Not like he's the best, but like no government is better than a government run by him. >

Are you being sarcastic? >

No, I'm trying to say he's a lot worse than nothing, but it's hard. >

This is a favorite GOP agenda. Solve a problem that does not exist. Cause real problems are caused by their donors. >

“Florida will never surrender to the woke mob,” Ron DeSantis promised in his inauguration address, his voice rising, stabbing awkwardly at the next words: “Florida… is where… woke… goes… to die!” >

"Woke" means "Democrats" doesn't it... >

Woke now means anyone who isn't a white christian nationalist >

That's a long list he'll be compiling. >

He knows. >

He says "woke" with a hard R. >

I don't know why this is so goddamn hilariously accurate, but it is. >


Florida is “freedom’s lynchpin.”

Interesting choice of syllables. >

Sounds like he's in favor of that highly touted freedom self-destructing. >

From Stupid Watergate to the Woke Scare. >

I don't like the vagueness of 'woke' at least list actual policies you oppose so there's something concrete there. I suppose there is utility in that vagueness. >

"Stay Woke" was Black Lives Matter's call to keep protesting against law enforcement murdering black people. >

Oh my, DeSantis is so woke himself. >

Floridians are particularly fond of the way DeSantis invents things for them to be mad about. I look for the term "woke" to go from a convenient catch all to an all encompassing black hole for fat mouth DeSantis. >

Does this mean his perceived woke in others has made him woke? >

Define "woke". >

The GOP wants voters to be very asleep. >

Elon musk had been lubing up his sheep with his “anti woke” messages on Twitter in support of deathsantis >

The number of people freaking out about "not enough white people in commercials" on social media is so bizarre. That's the base for this. >

Campaign against intelligence would be more accurate. Nothing the GOP hates more than smart people. >

Oh i wonder what the criteria for woke is. I have a feeling it’s quite fluid with each newly identified “threat” >

DeSantis recently had to define ‘woke’ in court and his lawyers argued that woke means you believe there are systemic problems in America that need to be addressed. >

That’s pretty much any thinking and feeling human in America. Also, what about MAGA that thinks the whole country is terrible? What a clustercluck >

Wokes is code for all minorities. >

I very seriously considered moving to Florida around 8 years ago to go into business with a friend. That friend turned into a MAGA nut and we haven't spoken in around 5 or 6 years. I'm really, really, really, glad I didn't move to Florida. >

For those who missed it. >

Best sentence I've read in political reporting in a while:
"Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush stood alongside the DeSantis clan for the oath of office, and he clapped." >

Stupid pursuit >

It's why one of their strongest supporters is a pillow guy, right? >

The whole “woke” thing was big like 5 years ago. Now it’s just become another Republican buzzword that doesn’t mean what they still apparently think it means. It’s just more culture war bullshit at this point. >

Good for him. I and a bunch of other people were banned from /r/technology the other month by the mods who I would describe as "woke" because they were angry that we didn't have a problem with it that NASA refused to rename the Webb telescope.
This is not a violation of that sun's rules but it will get you an immediate permaban because it goes against the personal political opinion of a reddit mod.
When things like this happen I and others become a lot more supportive of DeSantis because if someone wants to play a game of exclusion and refusal to discuss, it works both ways. >

You're not wrong, but I think it's important to understand that this anger doesn't come out of nowhere. For example, CRT, I don't know a lot about it, but I think it's fine to talk about it and understand it better. But where I have a problem with it, is where the pendulum swings too far.
Examples, apparently Stanford U has listed "American" as a harmful word that should not be used? Come on. Here in Canada all of a sudden someone said it was racist to have an age rank in the Girl Guides named the Brownies, even though it has been that for a century and a Brownie is a helpful household spirit. The issue is that there was no discussion and nobody knew that it was "racist" until they were told it was and that the name was changing but cookbooks aren't renaming the baked pastry yet though it's probably a matter of time and I'm not sure what the politically correct name will be for the pastry. Lots of other name changes too without discussion or debate. So you can have a black history month or club, but you'll get in big trouble if you want a white history month or club. There is nothing wrong or shameful with celebrating or understanding European history. It's full of arts and philosophy, but some will just gobble on about how evil it is, and I just don't agree that it's quite so either/or.
What I think is that people should dialogue with each other and keep on doing that, and not be so my way or the highway. I think there's lots of room for recognition that things that weren't wonderful did happen, we should understand them, and also see them in the context of the times they happened not judging people 500 years ago with the coffee shop standards of today.
Because when you say someone is the enemy, that's exactly what they become. You haven't allowed them a space to exist anywhere except on the other side.
DeSantis is just a symptom of creeping fascism, this is something that has been decades in the making. It didn't start with Trump. It goes way way back. >


Examples, apparently Stanford U has listed "American" as a harmful word that should not be used?

The use of the word "apparently" says to me that you might be skeptical of the claim, but didn't bother to research it and instead passed on what is clearly a hyped up conservative talking point. One Google search revealed the following quote,  which is exactly what I thought I'd find. This is nothing more than a style guide recommendation.  
--On Tuesday, Stanford clarified that the word "American" isn't banned. The school said in a statement that the entry was intended to highlight instances where "US citizen" may be "more precise and appropriate." Standford acknowledged they "missed the mark" and added that the use of the word "American" is "absolutely welcomed."
Their reason for saying it's less precise is that the US is hardly the only country on the American continents, and it's very self-important to claim the title above all others.