Yes, that is not what the word "originally" meant, yes it is ~~partially~~ completely the result of right wing propaganda, yes "political correctness" and "sjw" have similar issues

Fixed it for you.

It is a common conservative tactic, taking the language of something meant to improve the lives of minorities in some way and turning it into a negative thing. As you said, they did it with "politically correct" in the 90s, "social justice warrior" in the late 2000s, "woke" in the 2010s, and are currently working on "DEI." It's how they control the narrative and normalize their hatred. And it's why Tim Walz calling them "weird" was so effective and why they got so upset by it - and why I'll never forgive the Democrats for muzzling him when we finally had a weapon to fight back against this insidious colonialism of language.

The fact that you believe that there's a middle ground where the definition isn't an attack on minorities means that they've succeeded in shifting the Overton Window and you've become used to the hatred yourself. Every single one of those terms that you mentioned was redefined for the sole purpose of being used to attack anybody who dared to openly talk about being a minority or exist as a minority.

The "woke" are as real as the "blue haired girls with pronouns SJW getting off the 'Down With CIS' bus and assaulting people" of 15 years ago, and the token representation that you're talking about is what's known as "rainbow capitalism," not "woke."

"Self-righteous, superficial, performative, and preachy" are the exact words used to describe a gay man daring to exist in public or talk about being gay in any way and not hide away like Section 28 and Don't Ask, Don't Tell are still in effect. That's what "woke" means when used under the new definition: a minority dared to openly behave like a minority in public and not be ashamed of it.

If he was trying to say that, he would've said that. "I think the reason why our game succeeded in portraying a gay relationship in medieval times, when it was definitely not as widely accepted as it is today, was because we took that fact into account and developed the story around it, so it made sense while still representing a group that existed throughout all history." != "We still pander to the gays for free sales but not like those woke guys."

Its not good, because you are now playing into the toxic norms that already exist. So its ok if straight stuff is upfront, but gay stuff has to be optional? This is completely pathetic and I will never support this, this team or game.

Dude is doing so much mental gymnastics to make himself sound superior. Again, it is really pathetic.

In a lot of places, not just far-right assholes, the word "woke" has taken on the role of terms like "social justice warrior" and "political correctness" - i.e. in describing a self-righteous, superficial, performative and preachy kind of style.

LOL no, "woke" is anything that acknowledges LGBT+ individuals exist and have a right to live their lives as they want is woke. These fucking snowflakes cry about being asked to pick fucking pronouns, even when there is 0 impact on the game.

Crying 'woke' instantly tells me all I need to know about someone. The same goes for people who try to pretend it's about preaching a message instead of acknowledging these people can and do exist.

What the man seems to me to be trying to say is that their goal was to do a medieval gay romance in a way that was not preachy or superficial – is that not good? Isn't there a bit too much token representation and pinkwashing going on?

And you're parroting the message loud and clear. Acknowledging their existence is always tOkEn RePrEsEnTaTiOn

So what should be the word we use for “media that depicts positive social ideologies?” Apparently “woke” includes the definition “while being super preachy about it.”

Of course, in that split, it’s also common people will call something “preachy” when a gay guy is there, and doesn’t even waste the viewer’s time. It happened to that horrible conservative animated show, as well.

Now now, don't be getting all reasonable. This is the internet after all!

Thank you. I’m a lefty myself, but leftists have such a hard time seeing that criticism of their own side actually has validity. I totally understand what this developer is saying about depicting a progressive topic without being “woke” (preachy) about it. I see the same thing in movies/shows that depict female heroes—there are some that just make the hero a woman, and then there are others that pump the “girl power” angle, overplay the female lead, make it explicitly clear she’s better than all the male characters, bloat the script with feminist jargon, blah, blah, blah. It’s stupid. You want to do the progressive thing? Fine. Just do that. Don’t brow-beat your audience with a political message about it.