Progressive politicians must stop being scared of the vague accusation of "woke".

Many right-wing smear words work by being vague. They seize on an extreme fringe view which has real flaws, lump it together with other views which don't partake of those flaws, give one name to all so as to attack the latter for the flaws of the former. "Woke" is one example. "Critical race theory" is another.