James O'Brien presses another 'anti-woke' caller to explain what it actually means | LBC

Once again, James O'Brien finds himself pressing a caller to explain what 'woke' truly means.
Caller James argues that David Cameron introduced "less Conservative and more woke" policies to appease those outside his party. However, O'Brien challenges this view.
The conversation then shifts to the caller's frustration with 'wokeness,' which he dismisses as 'ultra-liberal nonsense.'
Eventually, the caller defines wokeness as 'men being women and women being men,' along with 'all this stuff about there being 46 different genders.'
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[@merinjenks8474]

The tumbleweed moment when asked if he’d ever read the Guardian 😂

[@allip4226]

Everything looks “too woke” when you’re looking at the world through a far-right lens. 😂

[@TheWiseJames]

Considering it represents progress. Anything that does not conform to the norms of yesterday are therefore considered woke.

[@alanw8311]

Liz Truss was in the Liberal Party and an anti-monarchist to boot. I think this caller likes the honourable limp lettuce for South West Norfolk now.

[@sodiumlights]

If you can't define it, just call it woke. What bugs me just as much is the insanely over-used/abused term 'iconic'.

[@nickmannion3879]

'Woke', more ofren than not, means either care or consideration for other people or a minimum of an awareness of something. So, being anti-woke tells us plenty about you....

[@chrisspencer6502]

He got one thing correct it is hard to distinguish between Tory Blair and your average conservative

[@TheWiseJames]

he got corrupted by power. Went from Corbyn to Cameron in a decade

[@ewenkelly6646]

What a wally

[@dp7580]

“Whats going on in schools” The same stuff I was doing almost 30 years ago from what I see of my senior school age kids.

[@stephenmurray2851]

You did trans ideology in the 90s?

[@dp7580]

@@stephenmurray2851No, and neither have my daughters. They do old boring stuff like English, maths and Science. They do more on technology than I did and they get less homework. There’s no trans ideology classes. Must be an after school club?

[@TheWiseJames]

Woke is to have progressed from a sleeping state into one in which you are awake. To have awoken. You cant change what it means. Progress.

[@leanatale7251]

Oh Tommy Tommy Tommy Tommy Tommy Tommy Tommy Tommy Tommy Tommy Robinson

[@transvestosaurus878]

I prefer the pluperfect 'wakened'

[@dp7580]

@@leanatale7251it’s like you came to kick the ball back but instead kicked it further on. I’m sure there are sensible right wingers/right leaners. I’ll assume there is. Those would facepalm at comments like yours.

[@robertcreighton4635]

​@@leanatale7251tommy ten names?

[@cathygarlick9321]

I heard that when Trump was falling asleep in court earlier in the year he was just being anti-woke!! 😂

[@Joshlin100]

Something in the water in Chippenham I think.

[@bmxney3143]

Every time

[@daraghokane4236]

Woke just means progressive at this point. Cons for some reason don't want to say that word as a negative

[@shadowgophr5269]

JoB: What do you mean by Woke? Caller: Well, you know... JoB: But what does it mean? Caller: You know, lefty stuff... JoB: But what about an example? Caller: ... Ah, and there we are. Same every time as they tip-toe and evade right up to the point the mask slips. Every. Single. Time.

[@redlightmax]

5:59 Wait, what if being clueless about what woke actually means... is woke?🤯

[@jimmybreeze00]

brilliant

[@GerryPowell-r6s]

So many fools,so much content for James.

[@liamo345]

I love how these anti woke people never seem to see where they are being shafted, and seem fine with getting materially poorer and poorer, as long as they can be annoyed at some made up problem Murdock and Co. told them they need to worry about. It’s tragic, really.

[@roibot1122]

They are just slowly radicalised, no different from how islamist extremists radicalise young muslim men.

[@robertcreighton4635]

Woke is anything that is vaguely left wing. In the 90s it was called political correctness. I don't know what it was called in the 70s or 80s as I'm a bit to young 😂

[@randomdaveUK]

That's not the definition of Woke though. Woke literally means "the ability to empathise with another's point of view" That's the actual definition. This man was talking in vague terms and giving no specifics.. Just nonsense

[@TheWiseJames]

@@randomdaveUK no woke means to have "awoken" from a sleeping state.

[@randomdaveUK]

@@TheWiseJames the term Woke that he's talking about was started about 10 years ago with a movement about equality and being awake to the inequalities in society. The ability to empathise with disadvantaged. Yes awake, woken, etc have literally meaning but that's not what he's talking about. "Woke culture" is about empathy for others. That's what the right wing apparently don't like 🤷

[@tynebar]

wOkE

[@daraghokane4236]

Your shift key is broken

[@TheWiseJames]

@@daraghokane4236 no they had caps on and used shift thinking it was off

[@CastlesMadeOf...]

@@daraghokane4236 Woken :D

[@Crowfighting]

@@TheWiseJames No, they were using aLtErNaTiNg CaPs as a textual shorthand for a mocking tone.

[@AnnaCentauri]

Everything is a conspiracy when you don't understand how anything works

[@AhmedAdams-w2n]

Love this geezer