# The Obelisk of Wokeness **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 12, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obelisk-of-wokeness/855532 "2020-06-12T14:00:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obelisk-of-wokeness/855532/1 "2020-06-12T14:00:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) accidentally gave the Washington Monument a sarcastic new nickname ― and some people are hoping it’ll stick. > Cotton, who made headlines last week with a call to send the U.S. military into American cities, decried the cancellation of the TV show “Cops” and other elements of “cancel culture.” He warned that the “woke mob” could be “coming for any one of you.” > Then he predicted that cancel culture would come to Washington. > > “Are we going to tear the Washington Monument down?” Cotton asked. “Are we going to rename it the Obelisk of Wokeness?” > On Twitter, the answer was a resounding yes: I love the Twitter replies, especially this one: > [@](#): > > Fact: The Obelisk of Wokeness is the world’s tallest and wokest obelisk. Originally called the Washington Monument it was renamed to celebrate the defeat of Donald Trump & his racist minions in 2020. > **[Tom Cotton Accidentally Gives The Washington Monument An Awesome New Name](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-cotton-washington-monument_n_5ee3170ac5b67fa8b892423d)** > > The Arkansas senator's warning about "cancel culture" backfires spectacularly on social media. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obelisk-of-wokeness/855532/2 "2020-06-12T19:02:29Z")
At least it is going to be (fairly) easy to overdub [_Penny Lane_](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-52992669) as _Wokeness Lane_. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obelisk-of-wokeness/855532/3 "2020-06-12T19:31:35Z")
And here I figured you were announcing yet another euphemism for your best friend in the morning. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obelisk-of-wokeness/855532/4 "2020-06-12T19:40:10Z")
I wondered where those obelisk references were coming from. I like it. It has a 2001 ring to it. Can we re-clad the monument in obsidian? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obelisk-of-wokeness/855532/5 "2020-06-22T08:29:58Z")
It’s always, ALWAYS someone from Arkansas. I give up. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obelisk-of-wokeness/855532/6 "2020-06-23T16:04:18Z")
Although I think the Washington Monument does not need a new nickname people need to know there is a complimentary monument here in Cleveburg. At NASA we have the Zero Gravity Research Facility which is a 510’ deep bore in the ground. It has been nicknamed the Martha Washington Monument. Think about it… Dennis [![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Gravity_Research_Facility#/media/File:Zero_Gravity_Facility_-_GPN-2000-001454.jpg) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Gravity_Research_Facility#/media/File:Zero_Gravity_Facility_-_GPN-2000-001454.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obelisk-of-wokeness/855532/7 "2020-06-23T16:17:04Z")
That joke was in fact featured in “Cvltvre Made Stvpid” by Tom Weller P.S. “Wokefullness” is like “coolness”: if you have to think about it, you aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obelisk-of-wokeness/855532/8 "2020-06-23T22:29:29Z")
Yes, I call that the “sexy rule”: if you have to _tell_ people that you’re sexy, you aren’t. If you have to _tell_ people that you’re smart, you aren’t. If you have to _tell_ people that you’re a stable genius, you aren’t…