Being of the mind where “to each their own” is foundational in my worldview is useful. This is particularly useful when my values are near perfectly opposed to another’s values. To each their own. I won’t intrude, reasonably reciprocation is expected, and discovering philosophical commonalities is the focus.

Woke violates my worldview. And, it’s provenly violated the worldview of the majority of American voters.

What’s so wrong about woke? Let me explain. The failure of woke is first demanding acceptance of contrary values and then expectation and obligation to adopt these contrary values as my own. Enforcement of woke is highly dependent upon purity shaming and censorship thereof. It’s bullying through emotional blackmail and insinuated threats to societal status (cancelling).

Enough. Here and no farther.

I bring this up to help leftists understand the unabashed pushback on woke ideology. It might seem confusing and even distressing. It doesn’t need to be.

Here’s what happened. The Trump victory immediately created the permission structure (aided immensely by Elon’s buyout of X) to voice what the majority of American voters have been feeling and have been restricted from expressing. We’ve been the unwilling participants in suppression, oppression, and censorship of constitutionally guaranteed civil rights. What’s happened is this has now irreversibly changed.

Is proof required? Fair. Consider that just one year ago I had Facebook fact checking censorship levied at much more subtly expressed posts discussing this same point. Terms of service violations included inciting violence, misinformation (notably the subjective relativistic version of valid disinformation), and mostly not being nice in the proper way.

Suppression. Oppression. Censorship.

So of course now with unimpeded voice we’ve got a lot of pent up words to share. And there is understandable resentment of being suppressed, oppressed, and censored. Combined, there are a lot of constipated ideas, thoughts, and opinions, and these unblocked ideas, thoughts, and opinions aren’t being expressed in a tender way. Not aggressive or cruel. Unfiltered and blunt. Naturally so. Long festering disempowerment and resentment does that.

Over the last four years I’ve talked with my friends about the risk woke was taking being so myopic and entitled, that woke would push too hard, too far, and for too long. The elasticity of imposed tolerance has a limit, say, a civil rights Hooke’s constant, and the inevitable resultant push back would not be proportional or considerate.

And it’s not something that was unprecedented and thus unexpected. Reference Bud Light, Target, and Gillette, harbingers of the inevitable. That in its way was virtue signaling our frustration with woke bullying*, and our rising self re-empowerment.

So that’s a kindness, helping leftists understand the magnitude and verve of the woke push back, the where, what, and why. And the how?

Don’t expect bipartisan collaboration. Don’t expect accomodations or empathy. Don’t expect proportional justice. Going forward in the immediate future, none of this is a consideration. The reason is simple:

We’ve mandated Trump and his team to undo the woke suppression, oppression, and censorship. And, we’ve mandated Trump and his team to create civil rights safeguards so we can never again be suppressed, oppressed, and censored by woke or any other unilaterally similar governing mechanism. We’ve voted for this mandate and we might only have two years to accomplish as much as possible with majority unified executive and legislative branches. There isn’t time to nurse leftist culture shock as the woke house of cards finally tumbles. Trump understands this and takes our mandate seriously. Proof: Cabinet appointments at the ready on Day One. Transparent executive orders regularly detailed and released to the public. And so on.

This transition to renewed hope, patriotism, and protective love for our Constitution won’t be gentle and it won’t be collaborative. It will be rapid and decisive. The values promoted and protected will feel foreign and seem unfair. So far, I’ve not seen a lot of literature and social media publication to explain any of this to leftists. I’d like to extend this kindness. And I do this because it’s right and humane for Americans to understand each other.

The most crucial point to understand is policies, structures, and priorities are changed drastically, authority has shifted overwhelmingly, and, honestly, patience and tolerance for woke is over.

This is what to expect and why it’s happening.

Celebratory gloating is also to be expected. I’m not making excuses for the behavior. It’s merely the reality.

*Yes. It was bullying because it felt like bullying. One commonality with woke is the unmitigated truth that all emotions are valid. We were bullied.