(At least in my country,) I think there is still a majority of people that are very reasonable and to resolve issues through dialogue. But given the former, they stay out of debates and the whole discourse is dominated by the extremes.
That's not incidental, it's intentional - a tactic well-known and practiced by people trying to radicalize society. People need to stand up for the things they believe, in the same way Dr. King would emphasize that he wasn't passive at all, that he was a warrior who created real tension and pressure.
But I think the 'both sides' isn't born out factually. One side controls governments, including the most powerful one soon. They control business, international affairs, much of social media, etc. They are fighting wars of conquest. The other side has no power anywhere.
You don’t have to look very hard to find active genocide specifically or human rights atrocities in general.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genocides
> I have a feeling they would call the protestors of that genocide woke.
Woke means “aware”. By definition any protester is “woke”.
Some people use it as a slur but I’m not sure why it would be insulting.
So with this mindset, yes.. they absolutely will be called woke.
It then morphed to be a virtue signal of high status by the neo-liberal bourgeoisie.