But defining Woke isn't difficult -- here's a succinct tweet from Bob Rae that describes the definition pretty well:

Another word for “woke” is “kindness”

— Bob Rae (@BobRae48) March 3, 2023

And now, the hysterical MAGA reaction:

I dunno. I think the goobers might be telling on themselves when Bob Rae says a synonym for woke is kindness and they go full rage badger.

— Jay Gamble (@DrJayDrNo) March 4, 2023

If “kindness” is a bridge too far, then another word for “woke” could be “decency”. https://t.co/viYcOj9MnZ

— Scribulatora (@Scribulatora) March 4, 2023

I hear you and I'm sick of the intellectual dishonesty too.
Being #woke means being an aware and educated human being that thinks critically about political and social issues, injustices and sources of #misinformation and #disinformation.

— timethief 🇨🇦 progressive left center voter (@timethief) March 4, 2023

Kayla Kisseadoo, a college student in Florida, had something to say:

“Woke? You mean practicing basic empathy? Valuing people who are part of your community?"
pic.twitter.com/O9Cslwh6XS

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) March 3, 2023

In Dan Rather's substack Steady tonight, he and Elliot Kirschner ask "Does Anti-Wokeness Resonate?":

In our bifurcated bubble-induced political ecosystems, trends can pop up, escalate, and reverberate with such ferocity that those who are exposed to them see them everywhere. But it is unclear how much they escape the echo chambers to permeate society at large.

These thoughts come to mind around a term that has become so ubiquitous in right-wing political and media circles it might as well have its own show on Fox News. The term is “woke” ... [which] originated in African American English to mean an “awareness of racial and social justice.” But it has since been appropriated by the political right as a cudgel to attack any reckoning around the injustices and inequalities of American history and society. These “anti-woke” crusaders love saying the word with the winks, sneers, and glee that their political ilk had once reserved for railing against “political correctness.”

If you happen upon a Republican campaign rally, “woke” probably competes with words like “the” and “a” for total number of utterances. And there is no level of shame in how low pandering politicians will stoop in warning of the purported dangers of “wokeness.” Nikki Haley, the supposedly sober-minded and serious Republican presidential candidate, recently said “wokeness is a virus more dangerous than any pandemic.” Remind us again how many people have died from wokeness as compared to COVID?

Yes, just like the Marvel Universe and the Star Wars Universe, there is now a MAGA Universe that is creating its own hysterical version of reality:

It can't be overstated how little the trending topics at CPAC - wokeness, gas stoves, Chinese balloons, Hunter Biden's laptop, ivermectin, Don Lemon, Twitter shadowbans, Mr. Potato Head's gender - mean to most Americans. It's gibberish if you're not in the right wing bubble.

— Mike Rothschild (no relation) (@rothschildmd) March 2, 2023

So, let me get this straight:

MAGA wants to bring back lynching.
They want to ban Black history.
They want to ban books.
They want LGBTQ back in the closet.
They want to eliminate Women's body autonomy.

MAGA means "let's go back to the 1940s."
WOKE means "FUCK THAT."

— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) March 3, 2023

“OK team. What are we outraged about today?”
“I don’t know. Maybe…. Canada?”
“Give me more.”
“Gay Canada. No — atheist Canada.”
“Missing something. Gimme cowbell.”
“Dictatorship?”
“More cowbell!”
“Atheist totalitarianism in Canada!”
“Hell yeah!” https://t.co/y6gMRmR8Sh

— Dan Gardner (@dgardner) March 3, 2023

On the Canadian side, here is a great photo of Canadian MAGA that Brittlestar describes very well:

When you bring your friend to a restaurant and find out it’s Woke Moralists Eat Free night pic.twitter.com/AZshLd5DbX

— Brittlestar (@brittlestar) March 4, 2023

And this:

"I'm not washing my hands just because some woke moralist put up a tyrannical "Please Wash Your Hands" sign in the washroom!" https://t.co/eeT0rCZF8m

— Thesis Pi (@ThesisPi) March 4, 2023

Speaking of hysterical over-reactions, in other news of the day, Hershey's Chocolates are being targeted by Canadian MAGA for daring to use a Canadian transgender woman as one of the women in their International Women's Day "her/she" campaign. 

Honestly, these MAGAs are nuts.

Johnstone's presence on the candy bar, however, has also garnered praise as well. #HerForShe #IWD #TransWomenAreWomen https://t.co/ZUmZ1KZy8v

— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) March 3, 2023

CBC reports:

A Social Media Campaign by U.S.-based chocolate giant Hershey's has garnered both a hateful response and a loud chorus of support after a call to boycott the brand's chocolates over ads featuring a Canadian transgender woman.

For International Women's Day, Hersheys Canada has released five limited edition "HER for SHE" chocolate bars, featuring the faces of five women to "shine a light on women and girls who inspire us every day."

The chocolate bars feature Autumn Peltier, an Indigenous rights and water activist, Naila Moloo, a teenage climate innovator, Rita Audi, a gender and education equality activist, Kélicia Massala, the founder of Girl up Québec and Fae Johnstone, a transgender activist and the executive director of consulting firm Wisdom2Action.

The campaign was meant to celebrate women and note the ongoing fight for equity, according to Hershey's. It is donating up to $40,000 to Girl Up, a group that focuses on women's equity.

When the HER for SHE bar launched on March 1, Johnstone posted that she was honoured to be featured.

In the social media campaign video, the 27-year-old raises an eyebrow, twirls and talks about creating a world where people live in "public space as their honest and authentic selves."

"I hope this campaign shows trans girls they can dream big and change the world, too."

After #BoycottHersheys started trending, she posted Thursday, saying it "shows just how far we still have to go in the fight for feminist liberation and trans rights."

"I'm not going anywhere. I'm not shutting up. I will always stand up for women and girls, cis and trans."

"Spurring an international campaign to boycott a chocolate company definitely wasn't on my list of predictions for 2023," she quipped.

Yes, there's lots to chuckle at MAGA about, with these crazy goings-on -- but MAGA hate isn't really funny, is it.

As goes the U.S., so goes Canada. We've seen it in the backlash Fae Johnstone got to her Hershey Canada spot.

The absolute hatred being stoked is frightening. Trans people just want to live their lives but there are forces at work trying to eradicate them. https://t.co/dABJA48bf2

— Ted Raymond (@TedFriendlyGuy) March 4, 2023