The term ‘Woke’, not to be confused with ‘Awake’, is just another word for evil or degeneracy. Its euphuism in ‘polite company’ is Liberalism or Socialism, the latter being a euphuism for Communism and Marxism. The devil was the first Woke pest, along with his fallen angels. I’ve written about a ‘sister’ version of Woke here: The Colonized Hive Mind | Mind Matters

A lot of people think the Woke phenomenon is something new that developed over the past 35 years, a manifestation of the loony-left Political Correctness of the late-1980s, thanks to the then UK’s Labour government. But it’s not new. The roots (no pun intended) of Woke probably evolved slowly post-Jim Crow South, then into the 1930s and beyond, due to the experiences of black Americans who were subjected to discrimination.

A turning point was when the ideology lost most of its noble intentions and was bastardised in the West during the 1960s’ Sexual Revolution. Although it remained anti-racism, it expanded to include many other causes, some of which were, and still are, insane, especially in the gender definitions of ‘what is a man or woman?’

Many of the Woke ‘values’ Post-structuralism emanate from the philosophy and literary theory, particularly associated with the work of Jacques Derrida and his followers.

About 30 years ago, while lecturing in a university, I attended a talk one evening by Jacques Derrida, who lived in France but was born to Jewish parents in Algiers in 1930 (he died in 2004). The talk was scheduled in the opposite building in the college campus.

A philosophy professor I knew was a close friend of Derrida, and he invited him to give the lecture. Being deeply interested in why Derrida had rock-star status and was regarded as the world’s most-famous philosopher, I decided to see what he had to say. On the night of the talk, I managed to sit through the entire convoluted waffle in great distress, while the audience clapped like circus seals when the talk ended.

I wanted to walk up to Derrida, who came across as a stereotypical French philosopher with a perfect tan, and say:

Mr Derrida, can you not communicate deconstructionism in a more understandable, clearer way? I work in the opposite building teaching prose, syntax and semantics, and my motto to my students is taken from the Bible: “But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ be your ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.” (Matthew 5:37).

For Derrida, language is impossible to determine. Ironically, he probably was aware of his self-defeating words: if language is impossible to determine, then such a statement is self-refuting. I doubt if the audience on the night understood the lost-in-translation French-to-English versions of their hero’s work.

I mean, who could fail to not understand statements like, “To see to it that the beyond does not return to the short-of is to recognize in the contortion the necessity of a trail”? (The Madness of Jacques Derrida, by Josh Herring). Derrida wasn’t mad, but I found him to be a poor verbal communicator. I wrote about it here: Ever Since Derrida – New English Review

So, how can a Woke pest be identified? One common trait is they project their flaws onto someone else who they are arguing with. In the circles of psychoanalysis, the term Projection, or blame-shifting, is a theory in which some people defend themselves against their own unconscious impulses or qualities (both positive and negative) by denying their existence in themselves while attributing them to others.

And many Woke people have to deal with Projection in their lives, which can manifest itself in many forms, such as denial (cognitive dissonance), regression, dissociation, reaction formation, compartmentalization, etc.

More: The Woke pest will scream, “My body, my choice!” regarding abortion, but will roll up their sleeves in seconds flat when told to take a vaccination with 100 possible side effects, some fatal. They won’t even ask what is in the jab, and even if they did, the nurse/doctor would not know the chemicals, as they administer the injection. But don’t take my word on this: If you’re pro-vaccines, ask your doctor what is in the vaxx the next time you are jabbed. It won’t be crickets but that is all you’ll hear.

Today, the Woke mind virus has spread almost everywhere, from music, TV, movies, academia, Protestant churches (and some Catholic ones), novels and non-fiction books, sport, comedy, politics, the mainstream media, etc.

The writer Devin Jocobs says:

Critics argue that woke culture often exhibits intellectual inconsistency. The hyper-focus on certain marginalized groups while overlooking the struggles of others can lead to accusations of selective outrage. For example, championing diversity and inclusion may simultaneously promote discriminatory viewpoints towards certain groups. 15 Reasons Behind the Pushback Against Woke Culture – Housely

It’s true that the Woke pest has more empathy for strangers (‘the other’) than for loyal friends or family members. Such a situation was captured in the lyrics of “Easy to be Hard,” a song from the 1968 Broadway rock musical, Hair. “Easy to be Hard” was also covered in 1969 by the band, Three Dog Night. The lyrics, about Social Justice Warriors (SJWs), are quite interesting and psychologically highly perceptive:

How can people have no feelings
How can they ignore their friends
Easy to be proud
Easy to say no/Especially people who care about strangers
Care about evil and social injustice
Do you only care about the bleeding crowd
How about a needing friend? 

The song was written during a time of great unrest in 1960s America, during the Vietnam war, the Draft, Sexual Revolution, the ethnic disintegration of cities, and disaffected youth.

It is about rebellious, anti-war Hippies in New York City, in particular a young woman called Sheila, who is upset that her ideologically driven boyfriend (Berger) seems to care more about ‘bleeding crowd’ strangers who are in need, as well as self-interested social injustices, while Sheila’s needs are ignored or secondary. I wrote about it here: Finding it “Easy to be Hard” – New English Review

To see the Woke mind virus in action, view a Hollywood Academy Awards’ ceremony speech on YouTube. There will not be an ‘Awake’ person in the Woke house! As for the bad news for ‘Awake’ red-pilled folk: The Woke mind virus hasn’t gone away…yet.