AOC Removing pronouns from Bio Is Win Over Woke

Conservatives online dubbed it a complete capitulation to their worldview.

“Up @AOC removed pronouns from her bio Lmaoooooooo. Total Surrender” wrote user Pleasantly smug.

“This election killed the woke era,” boasted another user.

In the wake of Trump’s victory – as well as winning majorities in both the House and Senate – the online right post-facto declared the election a referendum on vigilantism.

“What we saw with this election result is that mindset is being crushed,” declared Piers Morgan.

“Cultural victory,” wrote @autismekapital.

“The AOC, once the face of ‘woke’ culture, has dropped its pronouns – a clear sign that the ‘woke’ movement is on its last legs,” wrote one.

Centrists haven’t helped matters, with popular pundits like Matt Yglesias touting the Democrats’ path back to popularity requires the party to claim that “biological sex” is not a social construct.

Others, however, attributed the AOC’s decision to remove her pronouns as an attempt to re-engage with the Hispanic community, claiming they left the Democrats over “gender ideology.

“If you’re wondering why AOC dropped her pronouns in her bio, it may have something to do with the massive exodus from the Democratic Party of Hispanic voters. Many have conservative values ​​and aren’t keen on gender ideology,” wrote a poster.

The claim is completely false

Conservative voters have long decreed the use of pronouns, viewing it as a radical encroachment on their right to determine another’s gender and refer to them as they wish. For them, it is symptomatic of a worldview that they believe is too tolerant of LGBTQ rights.

But whatever their problem is with basic pronouns, their analysis is completely off base.

AOC removed her pronouns in her X-bio well before the 2024 election. On the Wayback Machine, AOC’s bio is without pronoun already in May 2024.

Which seems to throw a pretty big wrench in the idea that Trump’s victory defeated her progressive positioning.

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