Wokeism is alive and well

STEWART Daniels (Letters, June 22) asks whether any other readers are refusing to be marginalised.

By switching to Andrew Neil’s new GB News, available on Freeview 236 , Sky 515 and Virgin Media 626, Mr Daniels will not find himself pilloried by someone opposed to the personal characteristics which he lists. Perhaps, however, Mr Daniels should hurry, as advertisers, including IKEA, Specsavers, Vodafone, Bosch and others are cancelling or suspending their advertisements.

Wokeism is regrettably still to the fore.

David Miller,

Milngavie.

STEWART Daniels asks “are there any other readers similarly refusing to be marginalised?” Oh yes, Mr Daniels, there are probably millions of us just going about our daily business in our own sweet way. I am white, female, atheist, heterosexual, comfortable with my gender, proud to be half-welsh/halfenglish but for a long time adopted-scottish, and free of mental health issues, but have to accept that my proclivity to talk to trees and large stones in a wood might cause some to doubt that assertion. I like being an “awkward old sod” of 82. Unlike Mr Daniels, being pilloried for my “characteristics” does not bother me, I ignore it. Maybe someone would quarrel with my liking for the use of commas, but that is their problem.

One thing that I cannot do is accept that the word “woke” is anything but the past tense of

“to wake”. Non-acceptance does not make me feel marginalised. I am too old for all this malarkey.

I am hopeful that I am on a reasonable path in life as I am a devoted reader of The Herald. Thelma Edwards,

Kelso.