In the late 1980s and 1990s, it was known as political correctness. Personalities such as Rush Limbaugh took it on mercilessly on his show, yet the movement continued to grow and develop to the sad place we find ourselves today: where jobs and careers are lost over what would seem the most ridiculous reasons a few years ago. We are more familiar with this phenomenon today as wokeism. Let’s see how it is satirically approached by the Babylon Bee.
NATIONALITY Being woke is all about diversity. We love people of ALL nationalities and want the whole world to just be a big melting pot of all cultures, creeds, and nations.
Except, of course, Americans. America is a disgusting place filled with white nationalists who could learn a thing or two from more advanced socialist Countries like Venezuela or the Soviet Union.
So if you’re a white Christian American male, you’ve got a real problem, because your entire existence is basically a plague upon the earth. You need to spend all your days online apologizing to people from superior countries for the place you’re ashamed to call home. The nice thing is you don’t actually have to put your money where your mouth is and move to Canada. You can just constantly threaten to leave the country and say things like “UGH, I’M SORRY FOR MY FELLOW AMERICANS” and “I’M TOTALLY MOVING TO CANADA THE NEXT TIME A REPUBLICAN WINS THE PRESIDENCY!!!” But you can keep reaping the benefits of American prosperity while never leaving for a country that’s not doing as well.
Babylon Bee. The Babylon Bee Guide to Wokeness (p. 20). Salem Books. Kindle Edition.
I thought this was a good time to quickly raise this issue as there have been several excellent talks lately that I wanted to share with my growing audience. Together, perhaps we can put an end to the censorship and cowardice betrayed by Wokeism if we learn to stand our ground and better articulate our positions--with respect and courtesy.
Language and brief image warning for the above, but the message of this Bill Maher monologue is a timely one.
