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Ron DeSantis' Lawyers Asked To Define "Woke" And The Result Is A Gem
DeSantis' Lega Team is Woke?
"The belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them."
It is hard to believe they could say this without questioning themselves, but this actually happened. Florida's Stop WOKE Act that DeSantis brought to life made it it illegal for anyone who takes state money, including teachers and most college professors, to espouse that unquestionably accurate belief.
\u201cDeSantis' lawyers were forced by the court to define "woke." The lead lawyer described it as "The belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them."\nhttps://t.co/O5HGJuJIay\u201d— E\u03bbf Sternberg (@E\u03bbf Sternberg) 1670119529
\u201cThis is actually a pretty good and positive definition of \u2018woke\u2019. Do DeSantis and the MAGA folks think a majority of Americans disagree with this belief? It\u2019s pretty factual and demonstrable, after all\u2026\u201d— Mehdi Hasan (@Mehdi Hasan) 1670204188
\u201c"Florida is where woke goes to die," DeSantis said after his reelection victory last month. \n\nLast week, a federal judge asked his general counsel to define \u201cwoke.\u201d\n\nHe answered woke is "the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them.\u201d\u201d— Daniel Uhlfelder (@Daniel Uhlfelder) 1670200755
