peter boghossian, welcome to hardtalk. i think we have to begin with that word woke . it is so widely used now. i am mindful that its origins in the united states were amongst the black community who insisted, demanded that people should wake up, get woke to injustice. now, that s a positive. you invest the word with a great deal of negativity why? it s not that i invest the word with a great deal of negativity. it s that it s become a catchword. we can use other words. helen pluckrose from the author of cynical theories called it. a british writer and academic. exactly, exactly. ..called it critical socialjustice, people maajid nawaz, also from here, has called it regressive leftism, wesley yang calls it the successor ideology. so it s an ideology that goes by different names, but it basically means the same thing. there s a suite of conclusions around which it cohers. so, for example, the author ibram x kendi, says that any disparity in outcome is due to a system.
gaining political traction. but is he stoking a dangerous culture war? peter boghossian, welcome to hardtalk. i think we have to begin with that word woke . it is so widely used now. i am mindful that its origins in the united states were amongst the black community who insisted, demanded that people should wake up, get woke to injustice. now, that s a positive. you invest the word with a great deal of negativity why? it s not that i invest the word with a great deal of negativity. it s that it s become a catchword. we can use other words. helen pluckrose from the author of cynical theories called it. a british writer and academic. exactly, exactly. ..called it critical socialjustice, people maajid nawaz, also from here, has called it regressive leftism, wesley yang calls it the successor ideology. so it s an ideology that goes by different names, but it basically means the same thing. there s a suite of conclusions around which it cohers. so, for example, the author
show. you might know him from the legendary movie good fellas and here s one of my favorite scenes. hey pauly. i m telling you i could tell anybody my son could be anybody. you don t mess around with that garbage okay. what garbage pauly. don t make a jerk out of me. don t do it. i won t. don t do it. okay. i wouldn t. you only understand you re on the air because i got you a job right. yeah. you see anybody messing with your show you re going to tell me right? i swear pauly. i swear. go do your show. thanks pauly. get in there. he ain t a bad kid. needs another couple smacks, though. [cheers and applause] greg: i will, i will never wash my face again. luckily he didn t slap me on the ass. [laughter] greg: on to the news. it s fun to see what happens when so-called compassionate libs gets a taste of their own no cost compassion, you know, the kind they prescribe for other people because they don t have to pay the price but you do. take immigrat
show. you might know him from the legendary movie good fellas and here s one of my favorite scenes. hey pauly. i m telling you i could tell anybody my son could be anybody. you don t mess around with that garbage okay. what garbage pauly. don t make a jerk out of me. don t do it. i won t. don t do it. okay. i wouldn t. you only understand you re on the air because i got you a job right. yeah. you see anybody messing with your show you re going to tell me right? i swear pauly. i swear. go do your show. thanks pauly. get in there. he ain t a bad kid. needs another couple smacks, though. [cheers and applause] greg: i will, i will never wash my face again. luckily he didn t slap me on the ass. [laughter] greg: on to the news. it s fun to see what happens when so-called compassionate libs gets a taste of their own no cost compassion, you know, the kind they prescribe for other people because they don t have to pay the price but you do. take immigrat