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Flat White

What’s woke this week?

30 October 2020

4:58 PM

30 October 2020

4:58 PM

‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’ 

‘The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’ 

‘The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.’ 

It turns out that reports of the death of Humpty Dumpty were greatly exaggerated. After extensive reconstructive surgery, Humpty accepted a position as director of the Woke Ministry of Truth where his main responsibility has been the dissemination of Wokespeak. And hasn’t he done a wonderful job? Recent times have seen a steep descent into...

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