LilMikeSF<p>Marc Maron speaks on one of the troubling aspects of today's "political discourse" is the gateway to the <a href="https://c.im/tags/NewFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewFascism</span></a> has partially emerged from the flanks of <a href="https://c.im/tags/AntiWoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiWoke</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Comedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comedy</span></a> ...</p><p>Maron:"The anti- woke flank of the new fascism is being driven almost exclusively by <a href="https://c.im/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a>, 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 <a href="https://c.im/tags/racists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racists</span></a> doesn't matter. They are part of the public face of a <a href="https://c.im/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> political movement that seeks to destroy the democratic idea.’</p>