Bill Maher roasts woke 'presentism': 'A magic moral time machine' where you always win
Fox News
On HBO's 'Real Time', liberal comedian Bill Maher took the woke movement to task over its adherence to presentism: judging historical figures in today's context.
Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.
The host added that gradeschool history class has indeed become controversial as of late, however also pushing back on both ideological sides of that controversy.
"[L]iberals [are] accusing conservatives of wanting to whitewash the past -- And sometimes that's true, sometimes they do. But plenty of liberals also want to abuse history to control the present."