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.
Liberal comedian Bill Maher
"[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."He cited a recent essay by scholar James Sweet, noting the Wisconsin professor"caught Hell" for criticizing presentism.
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