No. Language is not static, it evolves over time. Words develop new meanings.
Take for example the word "gay". Originally (before the 50's) it meant happy.
Here is 'Happy Days Are Here Again' with the word in it's original meaning:
https://youtu.be/hygq-p9namo?t=44
You can here the word at 1:04
https://youtu.be/hygq-p9namo?t=63
Lyrics:
...So long sad times
Go long bad times
We are rid of you at last
Howdy gay times
Cloudy gray times
You are now a thing of the past
Then after the 60's, the word 'gay' meant homosexual. But in the 90's the word became a pejorative meaning something sucks. Like
"That movie was gay", meaning it was a bad movie.
And now after 2010's, the word "gay" is no longer used as a pejorative and again just means homosexual.
The same thing happened to the word "queer". It used to be a pejorative. When you called someone a queer, you were saying they were a pussy and were weird. That is still how I use the word today (but that's just me. I'm an asshole). But the contemporary use of "queer" is no longer a pejorative, at least not in liberal circles, and it just means part of the LGBTQ community.
I will continue to use "woke" as a pejorative (in it's contemporary form) because it is how I refer to SJWs obsessed with identity politics. I need a word that describes my enemy. Once I can name them, I can fight them. And I
will fight them until they are eradicated from our culture.
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