Quote:Fox News pundits found themselves in a difficult spot when they had to brush off the results of a recent poll that found most Americans do not view the word "woke" as an insult.
Former Trump White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, now a Fox News host, and host Brian Kilmeade discussed the results of a recent USA Today-IPSOS poll asking how respondents would feel if someone described them as "woke."
The term generally refers to progressive ideologies that acknowledge concepts of social justice, civil rights, and labour issues.
The poll found that 56 per cent of respondents said they understood "woke" to mean "informed, educated on, and aware of social injustices."
"Believe it or not, 56 per cent have a positive view of the word woke," Kilmeade said.
Ms McEnany brushed off the results, suggesting "normal people" would not respond to a request to participate in a poll.
"I'm a Floridian so I get calls from pollsters all the time. I hang up on them," she said. "I think normal people who don't like woke just click, click, click."
However, the USA Today-Ipsos poll did include Republicans, and nearly a third of GOP-identifying respondent were among those who shared a favourable definition of the word woke.
Only 39 per cent of respondents had an unfavourable definition of woke, which they took to mean "to be overly politically correct and police others' words."
(The Independent)
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