Elon Musk appeared on Bill Maher’s show and discussed his proverbial ‘Woke Mind Virus’ as well as Tucker Carlson’s recent viral video he tweeted out on Twitter.
The definition of ‘woke person’ largely depends on who you ask. For leftists it’s equivalent to ‘one of the good people’. To many conservatives it means ‘progressive fascist’. LOL.
In the past, Elon Musk stated ‘At its heart, wokeness is divisive, exclusionary and hateful. It basically gives mean people a shield to be cruel, armored in false virtue.’
That’s the notion he’s targeting when he speaks of the ‘Woke Mind Virus’. It’s the idea of overbearing progressive groupthink spreading rapidly through society, not through intellectual evaluation, but through force and fear of retribution.
Elon Musk and Bill Maher discuss the Woke Mind Virus and free speech.
“I can’t emphasize this enough. We must protect free speech… the thing about censorship, for those who advocate for it, at some point that will be turned on you.”
The woke mind virus “has been going on for… pic.twitter.com/9UE9mXj0kQ
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 29, 2023
Schools are the ideal setting to push ideas that don’t stand up to basic sanity tests.
We like to think students are at school to learn. We hate to burst your bubble, but students, especially at the college level, are there to tell their professors whatever they need to hear to get a diploma.
College students don’t become ‘woke’ through critical thinking. Many become ‘woke’ through unthinking, rote repetition. Most then spend the rest of their lives becoming more conservative.
Here are some of the highlights from those of you who responded to the Maher clips on Twitter that we found interesting and funny.
One of the most significant and damaging changes in US politics over the last 20 years is that free speech is now coded as a right-wing or even (somehow) a fascist value. Its primary 20th Century defenders were left-liberals. Those are now the leading censorship advocates: https://t.co/GomwrvczbL
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 29, 2023
— Shawn Nason 🇺🇸 (@mowgli2071) April 29, 2023
Bwahaha! Some of them, definitely.
While students are an easy target, those whose primary incentive isn’t a piece of university paper become harder to convince.
That’s where censorship comes in. Why convince them at all, especially when your ideas are so bad they’re hard to pitch?
Just shut down opposing voices and label any dissenters as ‘bigots’.
That’s the definition of ‘woke’ used by most conservatives today – not an opposition to people arguing for bad ideas, but an opposition to shutting down any argument whatsoever.
This is the current definition of woke in case you are interested pic.twitter.com/hN8ra93cuC
— Walcandy (@Walcandy1) April 29, 2023
LOL! The lefties were not happy with Maher for … allowing this speech to take place.
This is the ‘I’m a good person’ definition of woke. It’s more an accusation against the non-woke than anything else.
Look, we realize that not everybody who considers themselves ‘woke’ is a left wing radical, but the ones who share definitions like this usually are. They’re also often some of the most bigoted and intolerant people you’ll have the pleasure to cross paths with.
@billmaher This is it! pic.twitter.com/qtLINvM4eL
— Ruthie Kitty/2012! (@2012Ruthie) April 29, 2023
If you can avoid be annoyed … we know, it’s hard … it’s actually quite hilarious.
The projection is off-the-charts! LOL.
Says the guy who hasn’t been funny for 15 years and the guy who bans anyone who criticizes him ok
— bby bones🐉✨Magical Girl R.E.D. (@gghavie) April 29, 2023
Says the unbanned lady tweeting from Elon Musk’s Twitter.
The hero of the extreme right hate machine.
— Mickey Roberts (@ChicagoDonutMan) April 29, 2023
Guyz … We didn’t know we had a hate machine!
Why are we always the last to learn about these things?
We’ll forgive you, but we’d like to borrow it next Thursday.
The conversation with Maher also included an exchange on Tucker Carlson’s recent viral Twitter video.
Bill Maher asks about @TuckerCarlson's tweet that got 22 million views and 76 million impressions:@elonmusk: "Twitter has a tremendous audience. There are 250 million people that spend an average of half an hour a day on Twitter. So, it's about 120 to 130 million user hours per… pic.twitter.com/GtkRQEw65K
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) April 29, 2023
Maher pointed out that Elon Musk was recently on Tucker’s show right before he was fired, and he hoped that wasn’t going to be a trend. Ha!
The "Typhoid Mary of talk show hosts" was pretty funny, Elon Musk. https://t.co/BDQgDxfnEb
— Sandy 〽️ (@RightGlockMom) April 29, 2023
It was a good line, and hey, if Elon wants to be called Mary from now on … never mind.
Not gonna lie: it'd be hilarious if Maher got fired next week. 😂 https://t.co/B9Clk9MqD3
— ⌜ rocket ⬗ priest ⌟ (@stardotgz) April 29, 2023
LOLOLOL! ‘Shocker: Bill Maher out at Real Time with Bill Maher!’
This right here is our kind of humor.
Twitter’s Elon’s World. He paid $44 billion to dominate your attention and determine what you see. He knows he can manipulate his personal platform to be in a position powerful enough to crown kings, pick presidents and help produce whatever personal or political outcome he wants
— Luke Zaleski (@ZaleskiLuke) April 29, 2023
What Luke is saying, without even realizing it, is that he’s afraid Elon Musk will weaponize Twitter in the same way the Left has weaponized academia, media, entertainment, and pre-Elon social media.
Calm down, Luke. Most of us just want everyone to be able to speak.
Half an hour? pic.twitter.com/bfvOoNpVKh
— LIZZY💥 (@LizzyStarrrdust) April 29, 2023
Heh, right?
Who are these Ppl only using Twitter for half an hour a day??? pic.twitter.com/w4YJDFah8o
— RAD #PARAWERX team member. (@0uttaBubblegumz) April 29, 2023
We’re not sure who they are either, but they’re probably sane.
“More than all legacy news combined”. Well, that should piss em off! Legacy media is dead!
— Vlad the Impaler (@JacePA1111) April 29, 2023
It’s no wonder the Left is rooting so hard for Twitter to fail. We are on the cusp of social media replacing much of traditional media, and that signifies a loss of control for them.
— Chip Franks (@ChipFranks) April 29, 2023
22 million views. The potential is undeniable. We could see a seismic shift in the making, and the cancel culture ‘woke’ crowd will only have themselves to blame for the backlash.
Twitter is one of the few places where free speech is still respected and open debate on the important topics of our time can happen. It’s where the people are. Tucker, and others, should have regular spaces on here. Should even do the Presidential debates on Twitter.
— Taylor Morgan (@tlrdrkmrgn) April 29, 2023
And we have memes.
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