A disorder associated with wokeness. It is characterized by forgetting all relevant information to a topic because the headline du jour has ignited a wokespasm; and, other relevant facts are seemingly forgotten.
People who try too hard to demonstrate their wokeness often suffer from wokenesia because they hyper-focus on the latest outrage without looking at the big picture.
People who try too hard to demonstrate their wokeness often suffer from wokenesia because they hyper-focus on the latest outrage without looking at the big picture.
Early in the #metoo movement, a lot of people suffering from wokenesia pressured Al Franken to resign because the scale of Al's infringement was treated as if it were as severe as a rapists; even an accused rapist gets a fair trial that considers all of the facts and other contributions to society before weighing an appropriate punishment, if found guilty. Some might say Al was also suffering from wokenesia when he succumbed to the demands.
by TheGaffGiraffe January 18, 2020
Instantaneous and convulsive wokeness that overcomes a person like a chest-burster from the movie Alien. It usually happens in response to the outrage headline du jour, and often coupled with wokenesia.
The reporter found out about Jeff Bezos' seemingly small donation for the Australian fires and had a wokespasm before fact checking Bezos' other charitable contributions. Even if the outrage is justified, it is still a wokespasm because no effort was made to consider all the facts before the convulsions of wokeness overtook the reporter.
USAGE NOTE: Although wokeness and wokespasms are often seen as progressive and libtard afflictions, conservatives also exhibit plenty of wokeness and have wokespasms. For instance, it is common to see conservatives provide a whataboutism in response to a wokespasm; and their whataboutism is often a wokespasm in response to a conveniently fabricated outrage du jour, or even a past event suddenly become outrage. Sometimes they are also straw man arguments. On the other hand, wokespasms often quickly turn into what a Trumpster era conservative would consider fake news. Wing nuts on both sides are guilty of wokespasms.
USAGE NOTE: Although wokeness and wokespasms are often seen as progressive and libtard afflictions, conservatives also exhibit plenty of wokeness and have wokespasms. For instance, it is common to see conservatives provide a whataboutism in response to a wokespasm; and their whataboutism is often a wokespasm in response to a conveniently fabricated outrage du jour, or even a past event suddenly become outrage. Sometimes they are also straw man arguments. On the other hand, wokespasms often quickly turn into what a Trumpster era conservative would consider fake news. Wing nuts on both sides are guilty of wokespasms.
by TheGaffGiraffe January 18, 2020