No one is seriously advocating for outright, overt chattel slavery in the democratic world. Hereditary nobility is not an issue in the overwhelming majority of democratic society. LGBT rights and representation are contemporary ideological cleavages, regardless of whether or not they should be in an ideal world. Freeing slaves wouldn't be political, but chopping the head off of a Trump-lookalike business owner paying poverty wages might be.
The idea that companies are taking a firm position on contemporary, local, ideologically close-to-home issues is what the anti-woke crowd is complaining about. Whether or not they have good reasons is not my concern, but this level of strawmanning is bullshit.
You're actually proving my point about why this is all so absurd. Stories have ALWAYS discussed contemporary issues of their time. Whether it was women's suffrage, racism, slavery, etc. And they were all criticized for it by people who didn't like the idea of change. I don't really care the rationale of uncritically opposing any discussion of modern issues.
Additionally, none of these issues are really modern are they? They're just the modern version of existing issues that have always existed. The satirical critique of gender roles and patriarchy Lysistrata was written almost 2500 years ago. After roe was overturned people floated the idea of women doing a "sex strike" in protest. The same thing that's in this 2500 year old greek story! People looking to improve the lives of those with less power have ALWAYS been "woke." And people in power who don't want anything to change have always complained.
Also, you call mine a strawman, but your example of political is killing a stand in for a contemporary politician as if that's happening in every other story.
Lastly, I'm happy with people calling media political. Nearly all media is inherently. The problem is it being used as a pejorative as if media is somehow worse for it. Or that it's any different from how it was in the past. As the while praising political media that supports their narrative, claiming it is actually non-political. If you have an issue with a piece of media, by all means criticize it on its merits. But many will just call it too woke or political and call that sufficient criticism. If you genuinely think that isn't the more common occurrence or that most anti-woke criticism is nuanced or thought out, you must be living under a rock, mate.
Edit: Bruh, he deleted his post?
