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DemocratSinceBirth (102,436 posts)

I'm Not Afraid To Defend Woke, No, Not At All...

DemocratSinceBirth (102,436 posts)

I'm Not Afraid To Defend Woke, No, Not At All

Brian
Los Angeles · 37m ago
If woke means believing we are all citizens of this great land, with the emphasis on all and deserving of equal rights and opportunities, count me in.




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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/12/opinion/interesting-times-christine-rosen-catherine-liu.html?regi_id=66616875&template_id=744&tracking_id=biza-DPWinF3Dr3fVe9hV&user_id=40fefc89094ec3e1a20f3e9e7222b0ec#permid=155571422

Clouds Passing (8,615 posts)
1. I'd rather be woke than asleeple like the sheeple

Eliot Rosewater (34,872 posts)
2. I have four T-shirts say WOKE it's not the insult you think it is."
I wear one almost every day.

Blue Owl (62,625 posts)
3. To not be woke means you're at the head of the line for a Darwin Award
Use your *******ed brain!

https://democraticunderground.com/100221639960

Sophie Shabot, an American Jew with Israeli citizenship, is suing The New School over alleged antisemitic harassment and discrimination, claiming she experienced verbal abuse and social exclusion on campus.

“As Shabot walked on and around campus, students hurled antisemitic and antiIsrael epithets at her, including ‘Zio ****,’ ‘Zio bitch,’ ‘baby-killer,’ and ‘genocidal maniac,’” the lawsuit alleges.

The lawsuit lists several incidents in which Shabot was allegedly pushed, ambushed, and “verbally assaulted,” among other things.

“Shabot was taunted by her classmates and her workspace was vandalized. She was pushed and spat on and, as she attempted to flee the assault, a protester screamed at her through a megaphone, ‘**** Israel, **** you, bitch,’” it states.
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TNS allegedly refused to enforce its own policies when Shabot reported these incidents. In fact, “TNS even rewarded violators” at times.

“Most notably, during one unauthorized anti-Israel encampment, President Donna Shalala (“President Shalala”) gave the participating students money to purchase dinner and publicly announced that she was proud of what they were doing,” according to the lawsuit.

Ziporah Reich, director of litigation at The Lawfare Project, filed the lawsuit on Shabot’s behalf in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Steve Byrne follows the funny wherever it leads him.

To the Left. To the Right. Or straight down the middle.

For that. he’s faced professional and personal punishment. “You’re MAGA,” his peers have cried, simply because he told jokes that occasionally target the Left.

Now, he’s sharing some behind-the-scenes dirt in the comedy field, and it’s far from pretty.
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A few years back, Byrne decided to lean into that appreciation. He pitched a one-hour special to Prime Video inspired by classic late-night TV tropes.

“The Last Late Night” gave Byrne a chance to pay homage to the format, fused with his signature wit. The special included a classic monologue, too, and the comic had a distinct vision for its political approach.
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He shares on his podcast how he wrote eight jokes that hit the Left and another eight that mocked the Right.

Fair. Balanced. Johnny would approve. Except Prime Video had other ideas.

“I was told, ‘We’re going to promote it. We’re so happy to do this. This is gonna be awesome.’ Then, I get word, ‘You have to take out these eight jokes.’ Guess which eight they didn’t want me putting in? I don’t think I have to even tell you which eight I was asked to take out,” he recalled.

If he didn’t do as told, the special wouldn’t appear on the platform.
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He caved, something he said he probably wouldn’t do now.

“At the time, I really needed a win. I was getting a lot of ‘no’s,'” he said.

So what happened next? Byrne says the streamer buried the special, putting it on the platform without promotion or marketing muscle.