The German TV show "Die 100 – Was Deutschland bewegt," a debate format on Last Monday night....I sat and viewed ARD (public TV, Germany) featuring the Die-100 public forum show (live)....with 100 participants voting on controversial topics.
Topic? "Ist Deutschland zu woke?" (Is Germany too woke?).
This directly addressed ongoing "woke" debates in Germany, such as political correctness, cultural appropriation (e.g., wearing sombreros or Native American costumes), language changes, etc.
In the beginning....the 100 folks 'playing along'....were pretty much 50-50 on 'yes', or 'no'.
By the end....the 'no' crowd....feeling the country was not so much 'woke'....edged up to the 60-percent level. Oddly, via the folks at home, and voting....they were near '60-percent' on yes, Germany is woke.
I sat and pondered over this number business, and then wondered....how did the ARD folks select people for the live show?
How do Germans explain woke? In simple terms....some intellectual comes up....associated with some university, some political group, or some foundation....to say some stance/language/belief in society is outdated, and troubling. So they want you to focus on dumping your thoughts, words, or beliefs.
If you argue with the intellectual....things just go worse-off for you, and you are identified as old-fashioned or racist.
The problem here....as 'woke' is explained to the non-intellectual crowd....they seem to pour more 'concrete' on their belief/words.
Throughout the past week or so....via social media....a lot of Germans have discussed the show, and the 'woke-agenda'.....more so....on the negative side.
The 'slam' I see approaching? Well....the SPD and CDU-CSU folks....don't have much room to engage on this talk, and should avoid woke-BS entirely. On the list of 500 political topics to hype-on.....this is a 300-to-400 position (on woke).
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