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In many situations, being woke can be a great thing. You should definitely call out your uncle for making the same offensive jokes that he could barely get away with thirty years ago. And it’s a good idea to gently explain to your grandmother that she misgendered your partner, even if it’s hard for her to grasp the nuances of gender identity.
But we all know that it’s possible to have too much of a good thing, and apparently, that includes being woke. Leftists on TikTok have recently been sharing the most extreme progressive takes they’ve ever heard, so we’ve gathered the wildest ones down below. We are certainly all for diversity, inclusion and equity, but maybe we don’t need to overthink every single thing we say and do for fear of being canceled. Enjoy scrolling through this list, and be sure to upvote the responses that you agree were a bit too woke!
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#3
got called ableist because i said constantly being late to everything was disrespectful to other people
April Pickett 2 months ago
You're not ablest, you're just pi**ed off because they're holding up the event.
#4
"Abolish The Police" like they got problems sure.... but we still need police
liam newton-harding 2 months ago
Defund…not abolish. Police do NOT need a*****t weapons, or literal tanks. They are civilians, not soldiers. What they need is training.
#5
Someone once said that wanting to lose weight is fatphobic. No im not joking.
Tobias Reaper 2 months ago
i was a 169kg i had back problems knee problems high blood pressure i lost over 40kg and i feel much better if wanting to be healthier and wanting to be able to walk more than a few steps without being exhausted or my back killing me is fatphobic then i guess i am
#6
"Walkable cities are fatphobic"
#7
That telling people to not drink alcohol while pregnant was ableist bc you should love your child regardless if they’re disabled. That’s true but you shouldn’t put your child at risk for a completely preventable disability
#8
A girl yelled at me for “shaming teen moms” because I said it was weird that someone I knew was PLANNING to have their SECOND kid at 17
#9
I got called a colonizer for being Jewish. (No member of my family has ever lived in Israel, and I've never travelled there.) By a white girl. In CANADA. She looked so proud of herself. Babe, the call is coming from inside the house.
#10
that aborting a fetus who has a fatal birth defect and therefore will only live a few hours in absolute agony is eugenics and ableist. i’m not talking about things like down syndrome, but conditions like anencephaly.
Breadcrumb. 2 months ago
Yah because being born to only have your lungs collapse with your first breath awhile putting your mother's life at risk is better than a abortion/s
#11
The Sydney Sweeney ad. It was a play on words genes vs jeans. I truly don’t think it was ever meant to be harmful or advertising eugenics
MalayDragon 2 months ago
That whole business was just stupid, and blown completely out of proportion.
#14
That shaving is automatically male centric and can't be entirely for personal reasons
Ronja Oksanen 2 months ago
This! I can't understand how shaving my armpits could possibly be about men. Or in my case about looking good. If I don't shave the smell of swetting is worse and if I do my deodorant works better. That's it, just a hygiene thing.
#15
That Anne Frank had white privilege
Tim Gearing 2 months ago
A 15 year old German-born Jewish girl that perished in the h*******t at the age of 15. Please explain to me where the white privilege stems from?
#17
that parents choosing to do genetic testing before having a child is eugenics
April Pickett 2 months ago
If you have a history in your family of horrible, pain-filled disablement, or such, yes, get tested. Then get sterilized so you won't pass along those genetics.
#18
I still don’t get why are we cancelling people over tweets made DECADES aho(especially when they were teenagers). never heard of maturation?
Giles McArdell 2 months ago
Totally agree, modern society remembers EVERYTHING and assumes you are some static personality that is unable to mature or even change your mind.
#19
that a woman wanting to shave is anti-feminism... like what?
#20
Dont know if its "too woke" but someone told 15 y/o me that i was racist because i didnt like rap music in a comment section. i uninstalled tiktok for 3 years after that.
Michelle C 2 months ago
I'm black and hate rap music...I like ol'skool hip hop where the lyrics actually meant something, not the c**p where they rant about bitches and hoes and "swallowing kids"...honestly I can't wrap my head around how they are making money!
#21
maybe this isn’t woke at all but any terms like “birthing person, chestfeeding, or pregnant person” always seemed kinda odd to me ??
Apatheist Account2 2 months ago
This is what got JK Rowling started - her view being that it's erasing the validity of being a woman.
#22
Im pregnant, expecting a girl, told a lady that I was expecting a girl and she called me ignorant for just assuming she’s going to want to be adressed as a girl..
WindySwede 2 months ago
Statistically correct? But I guess the kid will tell you if you are a good parent.
#23
Saying “having children you can’t afford is wrong” is eugenics?? hello???
Breadcrumb. 2 months ago
Children intentionally, when you can't afford to feed them feels like child cruelty. But we can't be poverty shaming women without access to pregnancy prevention.
#24
a teacher of mine once said pacifiers s3ggsualize babies
#25
Raising the age of consent to 25. It will NOT deter creeps, 25 would just become the new “barely legal” and it would open the doors for people in their 20’s to get with teenagers. Not to mention you’d extend the time that people are trapped in abusive situations, especially for child marriage victims considering you have to be a legal adult to obtain a divorce and domestic violence shelters can’t house minors. The list of faults go on and on.
#26
I argued that aborting fetuses with severe disabilities that alter their quality and length of life isn’t wrong, and was told I was an ableist, eugenicist, and comparable to Hitler. This also came from someone on the left.
Börje Strömming 2 months ago
Having a woman not be able to decide if she wants an abortion, healthy fetus or not is fcking lunacy. Backwards countries where this is even an argument.. apes, Neanderthals are what you are.
#27
“i’m not gonna vote because both candidates are bad “ CLEARLY ONE IS WORSE
April Pickett 2 months ago
Then pay attention to their platforms, and their speeches. Then pick the candidate that supports your views. Third party politics is not a going thing in this country, it's like not voting at all. We need to change what we've got and the first thing is to pick candidates that are worthy of the office. Leave the "I wanna be a millionaire" candidates at home.
#28
encouraging me to tolerate disrespect cuz “they have autism and DID and they could get triggered if you confronted them”
#29
someone said white people can’t “yall” because it’s aave. i try to be as sensitive as i can be but ive been saying yall since i learned how to talk. im from georgia
April Pickett 2 months ago
I'm from Canada, but I've lived in the South for 55 years, and I say y'all alot. Then there's "Bless Your Heart".
#30
The body positivity trend shifted from saying people could be comfortable in their bodies to actively encouraging obesity just because we don't want to hurt someone's feelings.
Breadcrumb. 2 months ago
It was about accepting people for who they are despite their appearance.
#32
That homeless people that can barely feed themselves shouldnt be having children was eugenics
Giles McArdell 2 months ago
I hate the disgusting old idea that poverty is somehow a genetic trait ("bad breeding"). Saying someone should not have children because they will not be able to raise them in a safe healthy environment, while not very nice, at least shows concern for the child and is miles away from saying that same person should not have children because they are racially inferior (which is evident by their poverty).
#33
That wanting to be in a monogamous relationship (as opposed to polygamy) was “performing romantic colonialism and capitalism”
#34
i was called fatphobic while working out because i want to lose weight and thats anti-fat. idc im still gonna try and lose weight
April Pickett 2 months ago
People need to learn to keep their opinions to themselves. There's no need to open your mouth to say something disrespecful. "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all", was a phrase I was raised with.
#35
Dressing feminine is regressive but dressing masculine is internalized misogyny
#36
that white folks using reaction gifs of famous black people was"digital blackface" (I had used the James Harden eyeroll gif)
#38
"You don't owe people anything!" Yes, you do if you want to keep your friendships and relationships
#39
The people who say misandry isn't real
#40
Being anti AI is ableist because it “makes art accessible”
Lukas (he/him, it/its) 2 months ago
Many, many artists make art despite chronic pain or disabilities. AI "art" steals from these artists. "I don't know how to draw" then learn. I am not a natural artist. I never have been and I never will be. I've been drawing since I was twelve. I'm 19 now. I'm bad at art still, but I continue to learn and grow as an artist.
#41
That I shouldn’t listen to songs by black artists, specifically songs about discrimination and racism bc that means I’m “getting off” on a black person struggles???????????
#42
asking your newborn for consent to change their diaper
#43
that it’s ableist to say you’re hoping for a healthy baby
emlab kerba 2 months ago
respond that it's ableist to imply that alter-abled people aren't healthy
#44
"it's offensive to say 'hey guys' to people without knowing their gender" bruh
#45
i once had someone tell me that having a child is inherently unethical because most of life is suffering and that having a child is to condemn them to suffer. i then had to point out to her that most of life is not suffering and that she needs to be treated for depression.
Apatheist Account2 2 months ago
If everyone stopped having children, Earth would get kinda quiet...
#46
dating someone a year younger is grooming cause you shouldn't date someone who could be your brother age wise
WindySwede 2 months ago
Wait until they finds out about twins! (Hint, same age 🙀) or older brothers/sisters! (But only brothers they say, sisters ok? 😬)
#48
that we NEED celebrities to speak out on every issue instead of actually elected officials…
#49
That adoption was unethical and exploitative because the parents have a “savior complex” and that we shouldn’t expect having access to children to be a “universal right” based on a family’s socioeconomic status. Meaning why are we assessing their economic worthiness when determining if they could adopt. After that conversation I had to plug out, go outside, feel the sun, breathe fresh air and touch grass.
Auntriarch 2 months ago
Adoption can be unethical and exploitative, but mostly it's because folks just want kids. It's why most of us are here...
#50
modern day cancel culture. people change, ruining peoples life for something small that was 10 years ago is just unnecessary.
#52
Not voting for Kamala bc she wasn’t pro Palestine. Like okay so trump is the better option? Bffr we live in a two party system and not voting for the better political party just allows the other a better chance to win
#53
That every kid belongs with their bio parents and that should always be the priority to reunite them
WindySwede 2 months ago
The kid is the priority!! Not a*****e parents! FU if you only care about the parents! That have worked so great here in Sweden when abiding to that.. there is now a law named after the kid that her "mother" killed. So don't talk about parents to rights here!
#54
Cancelling celebs because they don’t speak about world issues
WindySwede 2 months ago
But as long as celeb spoke about the haters specific questions, I doubt the haters would care if celeb didn't speak about the rest..? So if celeb talked about it,but had the opposite viewpoint that you,no cancel then though cause now they talked about it?
#55
Misandry, wanting your child to be healthy is ableist, doctors telling you you’re weight is unhealthy is “fatphobic”
#56
i saw a woman say the patriarchy “haulted human evolution by allowing genetically inferior men to have children” and i’m like i kind of get it but it also kind of sounds like eugenics
#57
those people who genuinely believe you’re a terrible person if you consume “problematic” media and that only the good, healthy and pure media should be made. it’s a conservative take wrapped in a woke bow
April Pickett 2 months ago
Good, healthy and pure media? Is that Fox News and Kennedy's Department of Health?
#58
The "Its not my job to educate you" crowd is a little too woke for me. Sure everyone should broaden their knowledge on their own time but if you make a statement you should be able to back it up
WindySwede 2 months ago
But you watched an video on flatearth and now believe this fully? But us spheries are the problem?
#60
“i’m a trans man who’s a lesbian” i fear i’m not woke enough..
JB 2 months ago
This isn't "woke," this is misunderstanding that gender expression and sexual attraction/orientation are separate concepts. I am genetically a man (s*x) who presents as a man (sexual expression) and likes women (sexual orientation). My clothes don't determine who I'm attracted to. If you're still lost , it's like plotting on an X, Y, and Z axis! So it's entirely possible for someone to have been born a man, choose to present outwardly as a woman, and still be into dudes - that's not gay that's a trans woman into men.
#61
Polyamory
#62
“Nobody owes you education or information” … then how is anyone going to learn? Isn’t that the point of being left…? To educate each other and learn?
Fellfromthemoon 2 months ago
Bluntly: education is not a passive process, if one wants to learn something, one shall put effort into it. Also, why does this one believe that I have the necessary knowledge and expertise to teach them? Am I presented as a vetted educator of that field, or do I just try to convince them about my understanding, with dubious methods?
#63
“TW food” “TW time spent with my dad” “TW cat” WHAT IS HAPPENING
#64
That Sabrina Carpenter was the fall of feminism….
Scott Rackley 2 months ago
Huh, forgot about Madonna, eh? Sabrina is just rolling with the same schtick. P**s off bible thumpers by being overly sexual.
#65
“People can apologize all they want and that’s cool but they still did it and they can never truly become a better person no matter what they do”
WindySwede 2 months ago (edited)
Of its p**o [p e d o] then i can't really disagree. Most other depending on subject and reason. Not always one way?
#66
I’m a special needs aide and y’all need to stop demonizing sugar. Yes giving your kid excessive sugar is awful for their behavior but low blood sugar is also awful for their behavior - stop forcing diet culture on your children!!!!
#68
i always understand cancelling certain brands/stores (elf, target, amazon, etc) because of their political stance or who they collab with but shaming others for still shopping or buying those brands is wild to me
#69
the social acceptance of gingers and left handed people
Lukas (he/him, it/its) 2 months ago
Satire, because sometimes people here don't seem to get it
#70
Being againts ALL types of AI. Its more than just generative AI. Literally Siri, the Tiktok algorithm, MINECRAFT WORLD BUILDING is AI.
Space Invader 2 months ago
Actually, it's not AI. None of it is. There's no intelligence involved. I hate every advanced algorithm getting called AI these days...
#71
People trying to shame pregnant women for deciding to keep the baby and trying to bully them into getting abortions. They forget that being pro-choice means that you get to CHOOSE whether or not you should get an abortion. Meaning, it can go BOTH ways.
#72
that the planet is more important than humanity. like yeah its important to recycle but cmon now.
April Pickett 2 months ago
Well, if you want to continue to live on it, you should probably pay attention to not only recycling, but the people responsible for most of the pollution. When we were experiencing Covid, they showed pictures of a city in India during regular times and a picture of Covid times. You couldn't see anything for the grey skies in the regular picture, but the same shot during Covid, when everyone was on lock-down, was beautiful. You could see the Himalayas, the sky was blue, and the air was clear of smog. That should be our goal for the whole world.
#73
Anytime someone mentions Christianity people say “DoNt sHoVe YoUr ReLiGioN On mE” but when people mention any other religion it’s praised
What do you think ?
Christos Arvanitis 2 months ago
Seriously BP? Jumping on the anti-woke bandwagon? Most people can;t even define it. And FFS using the term "leftist" as a pejorative is pretty disappointing. Woke originated as an anti-racist term in the US in the 1930s. It simply means a person who is "woke" is conscious of issues like racism, discrimination, and prejudice.
Lost Panda 2 months ago
Not sure if it fails in the same category, but I was called homophobic for turning a guy's advances down. Dude, if that's you, that's you. It ain't men, plus I'm married so even if it was me, I'm already taken XD
Caffeinated Ape 2 months ago
That's certainly a unique viewpoint. Would they then try to claim that you're, I don't know, "polyphobic" for not indulging them even though you're married? Honestly, I think that squarely falls in the same category as most of this list.
Load More Replies... Caffeinated Ape 2 months ago
Most of these opinions are just bad takes... I'm pretty sure once you overcorrect it doesn't really count as "woke" any more. "Woke", in the non-pejorative sense, is a sweet spot.(For example , misogyny = not woke, gender equality = woke, misandry = whoops, back into not woke.) Of course the term is so loaded now, anyway... hence why we end up with lists like this! Bah... forget this noise, I'm going to go look at some Tiger Quolls...
Auntriarch 2 months ago (edited)
Sweet spot, perfectly described. Unfortunately pendulums are famous for swinging. Now where did I see those tiger quolls...
Load More Replies... Christos Arvanitis 2 months ago
Seriously BP? Jumping on the anti-woke bandwagon? Most people can;t even define it. And FFS using the term "leftist" as a pejorative is pretty disappointing. Woke originated as an anti-racist term in the US in the 1930s. It simply means a person who is "woke" is conscious of issues like racism, discrimination, and prejudice.
Lost Panda 2 months ago
Not sure if it fails in the same category, but I was called homophobic for turning a guy's advances down. Dude, if that's you, that's you. It ain't men, plus I'm married so even if it was me, I'm already taken XD
Caffeinated Ape 2 months ago
That's certainly a unique viewpoint. Would they then try to claim that you're, I don't know, "polyphobic" for not indulging them even though you're married? Honestly, I think that squarely falls in the same category as most of this list.
Load More Replies... Caffeinated Ape 2 months ago
Most of these opinions are just bad takes... I'm pretty sure once you overcorrect it doesn't really count as "woke" any more. "Woke", in the non-pejorative sense, is a sweet spot.(For example , misogyny = not woke, gender equality = woke, misandry = whoops, back into not woke.) Of course the term is so loaded now, anyway... hence why we end up with lists like this! Bah... forget this noise, I'm going to go look at some Tiger Quolls...
Auntriarch 2 months ago (edited)
Sweet spot, perfectly described. Unfortunately pendulums are famous for swinging. Now where did I see those tiger quolls...
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