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Re:Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies int... by hirako2000 on Friday January 07, 2022 @08:45AM (#29839009)
Some further insight if I may. The urban dictionary definitions provide some of the current interpretation. And one interpretation is that the woke movement is pretentious.

You could argue that accusing a target of being pretentious is being pretentious, except that it may be a fact. So we have to keep digging, a quest for the truth rather than just adopting one of the existing interpretations.

Also to note, being pretentious doesn't imply conscious act. Like arrogance, the subject isn't necessarily aware, although it may be.

Are woke supporters pretentious? Either way, let's accept some may well be, and if so, it wouldn't be reasonable to dismiss anyone calling that out as pretentious. Not dismissing the fact some of the wokes opponents may well be the ones being pretentious, or as pretentious as the woke. In any case it has become a sided political clash, we will only settle to a predominant interpretation on this matter once fight is over.

Re:Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies int... by shkkmo on Friday January 07, 2022 @09:37AM (#29839559)
> Also to note, being pretentious doesn't imply conscious act.

It doesn't imply "deliberately trying to appear pretentious", but it does imply "deliberately pretending to be something"