Marc Maron Says the Obvious

The Democratic Idea. — WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

The anti-woke flank of the new fascism is being driven almost exclusively by comics, my peers. Whether or not they are self-serving or true believers in the new fascism is unimportant. They are of the movement. Whether they see themselves as acolytes or just comics doesn’t matter. Whether they are driven by the idea that what they are fighting for is a free speech issue or whether they are truly morally bankrupt racists doesn’t matter. They are part of the public face of a fascist political movement that seeks to destroy the democratic idea. 

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This should not be that hard, but Marc Maron feels like he is out on an island with this take. Of course he is right.

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