Interview · moment 8 of 16
Wokeness, Kids, and Extremes in Politics
from Andrew Schulz · #138
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
6 minGuest
They riff on why people who protest allegedly don't have kids, moral relativism (the polar bear/seal bit), fake outrage over PC culture, and how both Trump and the Democrats operate in political extremes to get attention even though nothing really changes once elected.
- 39:55Comics validate themselves through club spots because they can't sell tickets on the road or build audiences any other way.
- 40:33You're only a genius if you're rich or dead — money is what makes people listen to you.
- 41:03Tim argues with people who don't want kids, especially heterosexual people, saying they have to have them.
- 41:16Every person at a protest or march doesn't have a kid — that's all wokeness comes down to.
- 42:20People anti-PC culture just want to use the N-word all the time, but don't have the skill Louis C.K. had to make it work.
- 43:00Comedy has to be funny first; if you start proving points, you're no different than a woke comic — same side of the same coin.
- 43:33Tim meets talented comics in alt rooms whose social media convinces him they're insane, but he appreciates their talent anyway.
- 44:29Good comedians expose people to the fact that the way they thought about the world isn't entirely true.
- 45:21The Democrats tried to win by saying they're not Trump, but that's not how you win — you have to tell people who you are, not who you're not.
- 45:48Both parties go to extremes to make noise: Trump on the right, Democrats threatening 90% taxes on the left, but nothing actually changes when they win.
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