I don't know if this is real or imagined but I feel like I have been in a coma and since I have re-awoken my world has completely changed. I seem to have entered a parallel WOKE driven universe that looks and feels the same, but all the rules and attitudes and behaviours have totally altered. I no longer know how to think or act amongst people for fear of offending something or someone and I'm afraid to talk because when I do people chastise me for being out of step with their beliefs. 

Even my partner takes a step back when I open my mouth, giving me an elbow in the ribs on the way through. Not that she disagrees with my viewpoint but these new PC bullies some that are our children have now discovered their power and are shoving their delusional, illogical viewpoints down our throats. My partner just doesn’t want to engage and like most people would rather not make a fuss and stay hidden in the crowd. Parental abuse ? Or is there more to it. 

I’m not used to being gagged but the numbers seem to be stacked against me these days. I’m at the stage where pleasing everyone is impossible, but making everyone angry is a piece of cake. I ask myself if my moral compass has changed or slipped or am I just totally out of touch with today’s generation? When did this all start?  From my perspective its almost happened overnight. Perhaps it was it a side effect of Covid that our government bureaucrats are trying to hide from us? Or was it in the vaccinations we were all warned against but went along with for the greater good of the community?

Now, I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I sense our education system may have something to do with this new gen of angry young adults. Educators have had control of our little darlings brainstems since they could waddle, all wide eyed like malleable sponges ready to absorb all that woke-ness rubbish we are having to live through now. I know my own kids newfound attitudes didn’t come from me as I am a straight up 'swinging voter’ type human that judges things on evidence rather than on emotional, rhetorical presentism. (I’m sure there will be folks out there in that will want to tag me as a leftie or a rightie  - I consider myself a realist and will call it as I see it, without filter) .

I'm reaching out to see if this is all just my bad dream or if this is really happening to other quiet achievers who have helped make this a better world for our offspring. It's time to circle the wagons and make a stand against this noisy, ill-informed, ideological minority that are making a lot of 'big note' noise without actually achieving a thing….

Have I woken to a woke new world this morning?