Voice of the people: Strive to be well-informed and 'woke'

Strive to be well-informed and 'woke'

Oxford Dictionary: "well-informed, up to date." Merriam-Webster: "aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)." Urban Dictionary: "you are now informed of things you did not know. You are not 'in the dark' about other societies and cultures whose past has been edited and censored to make you think it wasn't as bad as it actually was."

Since when is being well-informed, aware of important facts and issues or no longer being "in the dark" a "bad" thing? Since Gov. Ron DeSantis decided it is better to keep his supporters riled up over "non-issues" than to address the real issues facing us.

American author John Naisbitt was correct when he wrote, "We are drowning in information, but starved for knowledge." And George Orwell was certainly correct when he wrote "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."

Well, governor, you can sign into law all the bills you like trying to suppress the truth, but Orwell was also correct when he said "However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing."

By the way, the definitions are all definitions of "woke," something we should all strive to be.

Karen Tiano, Winter Haven

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