notice, and now it s just an effort at inclusion which i m sure theoretically you support. yeah, i support it in fact. but i mean, you know, the the democrats sometimes can take it too far or, you know, i would categorize liberal as different than woke. you know, woke, which started out as a good thing, alerts to injustice. who could be against that? it became sort of an eye roll because they loved diversity except ideas, and that s not really where we should be. they have a trail of very bad ideas i would think in wokeness. how do you define wokeness? because i hear people use the term all the time and means something different to everybody. again, i think it s this collection of ideas not building but very often undoing it. five years ago abraham lincoln was not a controversial figure among liberals. we liked him. now they take his name off
it became sort of an eye roll because they loved diversity except ideas, and that s not really where we should be. they have a trail of very bad ideas i would think in wokeness. how do you define wokeness? because i hear people use the term all the time and means something different to everybody. again, i think it s this collection of ideas not building but very often undoing it. five years ago abraham lincoln was not a controversial figure among liberals. we liked him. now they take his name off schools and teardown his statues. really, lincoln isn t good enough for you? you know, five, ten years ago bedrock liberalism was we are striving to be a color-blind society where we don t see race. of course we see it, but it doesn t matter. that s not what woke is. woke is something very
he was always a gaffe machine to begin with. so it could look bad. but if it is trump against biden i think biden will win. but but if it is not by night i don t know. you talk about the democrats being so hindered by identity politics that the counter argument would be it has always been identity politics but is always been white people so people like you, and you did notice. now it is just an effort of inclusion which i think theoretically you support. yeah. i support it in fact. but i mean, you know, the democrats sometimes can take it to far or i would characterize liberal as different than woke. woke which started off as a good thing, alert to injustice who could be against that? but it became sort of an eye roll. because they love diversity except of ideas. and that is not really where we should be, they have a trail of very bad ideas. i would think. and wokeness.
eye roll because they love diversity except of ideas. and that s not really where we should be. i mean, they have a trail of very bad ideas, i would think, in wokeness. how do you define wokeness. i hear people use the term all the time. it means something different to everybody. again, collection of ideas that are not building on liberalism but very often undoing it. i mean, five years ago, abraham lincoln was not a controversial figure among liberals. we liked him. now they take his name off schools and tear down his statues. really, lincoln isn t good enough for you? you know, five, ten years ago, bedrock liberalism was we are striving to be a color blind society where we don t see race. of course, we see it, but it doesn t matter. that s not what woke is.
i would categorize liberal as different than woke. woke which started out as a good thing, alert to injustice, who could be against that. but it became sort of an eye-roll because they love diversity except of ideas. and that s not really where we should be. they have a trail of very bad ideas, i would think in wokeness. how do you define wokeness? i hear people use the term all the time, and it means something different to everybody. well, again, i think it s this collection of ideas that are not building on liberalism, but very often undoing it. i mean, five years ago, abraham lincoln was not a controversial figure among liberals. we liked him. now they take his name off schools and tear down his statues. really, lincoln isn t good enough for you? my one-on-one with bill maher airs tonight on cnn prime time, 9:00 p.m. eastern only here on