"Woke" helped bring this on us. Using terms like "cisgender" and "white privilege" alienated a massive demographic.
Scary words motivate them?
Universities are where this shit came from. I know this because I was there. It's not just about conservatives hating higher education. It was about the utter nonsense and contempt for hetero white males.
Why have I never met these people? I'm a cisgender, heterosexual, white man and I've never met someone express contempt for me based on my identity. Did you?
It was a backfired attempt at revenge based on delusional notions that white people don't struggle. Even if it was acknowledged that everyone struggles, white folks have no right to complain because others have it worse. It's so simple minded and reductive.
It sounds very simple minded and reductive, but I have never heard these things from actual 'woke' people. I hear accusations of this sort of thing all the time from various anti-woke people. I think they get these notions from their conservative media bubbles and not from the real world. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure someone out there has said something like this, but why then have none of my 'woke' friends or anyone else said anything like this? Is this just a cherry picked boogie man that conservatives tell each other?
"And then... just before dawn, when the night was at it's darkest, we heard a thump, Thump, THUMP, and ...(pause for dramatic effect)... The WOKE FEMINAZI shouted that white people have no right to complain!"
So why did black and latino men for Trump too? It's because they were told that being a hetero male was a shameful shortcoming; that they were less-than simply for being who they are.
Why haven't I gotten that message? Who is telling it? Because if it isn't actually coming from the 'woke' crowd then it's a lie.
I'm a 55 year old white guy, so I'll probably be okay. It's cold comfort, but at least I know I didn't contribute to the problem.
But you regurgitating these truths (as you see them) may be exactly the problem. In other words, please show your sources. Show me that my media bubble is deficient and that "woke nonsense" like this is ACTUALLY pervasive (from the woke) and/or dangerous.