OPINION: 'A deeper question is whether the actual ideas and policies that are generally lumped under the woke umbrella are more or less popular with the public than is the term itself,' writes mattklewis
around the same time, 51 percent of people polled supported “‘banning the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten through third grade’ while 35 percent are opposed.” That’s not a landslide but, in terms of public opinion, he’s on the majority’s side./Ipsos poll suggests other examples of wokeism are still a ways away from being “popular.
Progressives who live in ideological bubbles—where their ideas are rarely challenged and where dissent is strictly policed—might assume these policies are more popular than they are. But when you believe you’re on the “right side of history,” if you want to win, you still need to persuade others to come around to your side.People don’t want to be shamed or canceled by the woke mob—but they also don’t want to be told by the heavy hand of the government how to behave.
Coercion, it seems, remains broadly unpopular. People don’t want to be shamed or canceled by the woke mob—but they also don’t want to be told by the heavy hand of the government how to behave. In both cases, someone is wagging their finger at the public, and they don’t much care for it.
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