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SCENE: Mitch BERG is spreading salt and grit on his sidewalk, trying to stay ahead of the thaw-refreeze cycle. So engrossed is he, he doesn’t see the Nissan Leaf with GUTTERBALL GARY and CAT SCAT, both bloggers at the (possibly fictional) progressive blog MinnesotaLiberalAlliance.Blogspot.com\u201c. They pull to a stop and get out of the car. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SCAT: Merg!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BERG: Oh, shiiiiure great to see y’all…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GUTTERBALL GARY: Shut up. You ReTHUGliCon wingnuts are running on “woke”, but most Americans love woke!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BERG: Provided they are spoon-fed an indulgent definition<\/a> of the term first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SCAT: Well, none of you crazy fat wypipo can define<\/a>…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BERG: “Woke” is believing that <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. the institutions of American society are currently and intentionally set up to oppress (minorities, women, the poor, fat people, etc.) and that…<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. virtually all gaps in performance between large groups prove that this oppression exists, <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. the solution to this is equity – the artificial levelling of the social, sexual, political, economic and in some cases literal playing fields across ornate intersectional lines<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. This “Equity” is enforced by relentless mob action.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    GUTTERBALL GARY and SCAT stand, slack-jawed, as BERG continues casting salt upon the land. Er, sidewalk. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    BERG: Anything else?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    There is nothing. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    And SCENE<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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