1071 The Walking Woke

The Covid hysteria took over so completely because there was a generation of Walking Dead TV show watchers primed for it. In the show, zombies who are infected are called the Undead, but the equivalent in real-life are the unWoke. People are infected by hearing Wokeness, which invades their envy, resentment & sanctimony systems, overriding logical thought. The Woke then wander the earth destroying statues that spark their ire and Cancelling any of the unWoke they sniff out and chase down. We who are not infected are the Wokeing Dead, or more aptly, The Walking Woke. Undead characters in the show could hide by wrapping themselves in the entrails of the dead: the equivalent for the unWoke is to wrap ourselves in the platitudes of Wokeness: “White people are racist,” “Systemic Racism,” “White Supremacy,” “Safe Spaces,” and the biggest lie of all: “Diversity.” Though Wokeistanies and Covidians overlap, they’re not the same thing: Covidians are simply frightened weaklings who were cynically herded along by the Wokers. As a fervent watcher of the first 5 seasons of TWD, I know we can’t beat the zombies, we can only wall ourselves off in sanctuaries, and smear ourselves in their offal when we go out among them.