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Quotes from New Rules: A United Theory of Wokness — Bill Maher

born 1956 United States

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Did Columbus commit atrocities? Of course. But people back then were generally atrocious. Everybody who could afford one had a slave, including people of color.

New Rules: A United Theory of Wokness (2022)

But in today’s world, when truth conflicts with narrative, it’s the truth that has to apologize. Being woke is like a magic moral time machine, where you judge everybody against what you imagine you would have done in 1066, and you always win.

New Rules: A United Theory of Wokness (2022)

It’s the belief that people who lived 100 or 500 or 1,000 years ago really should have known better, which is so stupid. It’s like getting mad at yourself for not knowing what you know now when you were ten.

New Rules: A United Theory of Wokness (2022)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Bill Maher (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.