"Language policing. Cancel culture. Victimhood contests and cultural grievances. Despite attacking the left for partaking in such practices, there's an emerging set of individuals on the right who have became exactly what they've criticized. Meet the woke right. Thank you, President Trump, for ending a scourge that's plagued our nation for far too long. We've gotten rid of the woke. Woke no longer. Just kidding. The truth is, wokeness is actually alive and well."
"They're now going around policing people's language. They've limited what federal agencies are allowed to mention in their documents, such as these dangerous words. These are among scores of seemingly innocuous words that have been scrubbed from the government lexicon. And journalists who refer to the Gulf of America as the Gulf of Mexico are getting their credentials rescinded because the woke right loves telling people what to say when it comes to historical landscapes."
"And it's not just individual words. The woke right's language. Police claimed their mission was to defend free speech, to immediately stop all government censorship. So they're protecting free speech by revoking the visas of numerous international students who were part of pro-palestinian demonstrations. And books are being taken out of libraries and schools because they mention gay and trans people or people of color."
An emerging faction on the right adopts language policing, cancel culture, and grievance-driven tactics while wearing MAGA symbolism. Federal agencies have been instructed to remove numerous seemingly innocuous words from official documents and journalists have faced credential revocations over geographic naming. Calls to target individuals’ employers and efforts to rename national landmarks exemplify cultural enforcement. Authorities have revoked visas for international students involved in pro-Palestinian demonstrations and libraries and schools have removed books that mention gay, trans, or people of color. Critics of MAGA, Donald Trump, or conservative positions face attempts at cancellation and public shaming.
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