Same thing was done by the Bolsheviks and French revolutionaries (regardless of the merit). French even renamed the calendar months, but then reverted on everything. Russians didn't revert. Let's see where this goes here.
Even the idea of "backlash" is overused if you're going to expect me to participate in a backlash against, say, stopping genocidal massacres. Or participate in a backlash against stopping slavery for instance. I mean Overton Windows be damned. If that's where you want to go, I can't follow.
I thought anti-wokeness was about just championing free speech. Not championing oppression.
Why did you think that? It has always been very clearly a reactionary backlash to changing cultural norms around racism and lgbtq visibility. The free speech thing was always the thinnest pretense. I honestly didn't think anyone even believed it in good faith. It's surprising and interesting to see someone admit they were taken in by it.