ROBERT EHRLICH: A Primer On Woke

History reflects a thumping of Democrats on November 5, 2024 as the Comeback Kid carried the Blue Wall – the popular vote – and both chambers of Congress. Amongst the damage, numerous Democrats promised a reformation, a thoughtful and thorough review of their platform with a renewed focus on the concerns of working-class voters.

But six months later, an alleged postmortem regarding “lessons learned” has been postponed – indeed jettisoned – in favor of…a doubling down on a host of extreme positions rejected by 80% or more of Americans. (Witness the nomination of Zohran Mamdani in New York City and Omar Fateh in Minneapolis as but the latest example of this never-serious retrospective.)

One can observe this continuing obsession with specific social/economic issues (anything “green” on the environment – no abortion restrictions – bizarre and pointless pronoun nonsense – an insistence on 62 genders – resistance to work requirements within Medicaid reform), but nowhere is the enthusiasm for woke progressivism greater than when it comes to the forced inclusion of boys/men in female athletic contests and the care, feeding, and protection of criminal migrants.

This relentless infatuation with transmen (notice how it never goes the other way in athletics) and illegal migrant criminals got me thinking about how the woke mind “virus” (so counter-cultural in so many applications) works – and continues to attract adherents – in 2025 America. My conclusion: woke theory is unique in that it requires the willing suspension of real-world experience (objective belief), all the while guaranteeing the unmitigated freedom that accompanies no regrets…for anything…ever.

With regard to the former, woke suspends what your faculties (eyes, ears, brain) tell you is day-to-day reality. In this context, you are encouraged to disregard the science of athletically superior biological boys running, jumping, and throwing faster, higher, harder and longer than biological girls. Hence the wokester fondness for the catchphrase “live your own truth” – a nonsensical but nevertheless favorite piece of advice from the most recent Democrat nominee for president.

Note that some enthusiasts for this uneven playing field concede the unfairness of it all but still advise girls to simply train harder and longer in order to narrow nature’s chromosomal advantage. And if the extra work proves to be not good enough…then simply eat it and settle on second place as the ultimate goal. An illogical conclusion, devastating for female athletes for sure, but at least this school of thought recognizes the science (biology) of it all.