Must Watch: Bill Maher Answers Critics On His 'Unwokeness'

On the matter of “when you say woke,” Maher made clear that “I make fun of it too, because it’s become an eye-roll in many ways.” “I assume, at a certain moment, and it wasn’t that long ago, we didn’t have the term,” Maher went on regarding the matter. “I only heard it, I don’t know, what, it was three or four years ago? Five years ago at most, when we heard the term ‘woke’?”

Maher admits that, at first, the term even appealed to him, stating, “And it was like, ‘alert to injustice.’ I went ‘OK, I’m down with that.’ I always have been; I hope people still understand that about me.” “But, yes, it became sort of a byword for all of this goofy stuff. That’s what I’m always railing against. That’s why they play me on Fox News now.” Shapiro added, quickly questioning Maher, “How do you feel about that? Because you went from a guy who was,” at which point Maher went on:

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“I feel ... look, I haven’t changed at all. My politics haven’t changed. They’ve changed.” “People say to me sometimes, ‘Have you changed?’ No!” Maher went on, continuing to speak regarding specific matters the Overton window has shifted on in recent years. “It’s that, five years ago, no one was talking about defunding the police. I never heard that phrase five years ago. That’s not me changing, that’s things changing. I’m reacting to it, as I’ve always been.”

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“Letting three-year-olds decide what gender they are, this wasn’t something five years ago!” “Free speech used to be a left-wing thing that we were proud [of] and owned, and now, that seems to be under attack.”

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Maher noted that Republicans “naturally” blamed the invasion of Ukraine on President Joe Biden because they believe he is the “worst President ever.” Maher declared that Democrats feel the Russian invasion of Ukraine happened because they believe Donald Trump was the “worst President ever.” The host of the Liberal talk show denounced Biden, who asserted that Putin’s latest aggression was brought on by the January 6 riot.

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During a speech about infrastructure on March 2, Biden insisted, “Vladimir Putin was counting on being able to split up the United States. Look, how would you feel if you saw crowds storm and break down the doors of the British Parliament and kill five cops, injure 145? Or the German Bundestag or the Italian Parliament?”