According to Maher, "new world liberals" – those who are all about being "woke" – need a "stand your ground law for cancel culture."
"Stop apologizing because I can't keep track of who's on the sh*t list," he said during his monologue on Friday. "... cancel culture is real, it's insane, and it's growing exponentially and it's coming to a neighborhood near you."
The moderate Democrat warned Americans of one overarching reality: everyone is online and everyone faces the threat of being canceled for something they said in the past.
"If you think it's just for celebrities, no. In an era where everyone is online, everyone is a public figure," Maher explained.
He used the example of a Hispanic electric worker in San Diego. The man was fired because someone reported him for holding up a "white supremacy" symbol outside of his truck. According to Maher, he was doing something as simple as "flicking a booger."
"Is this really who we want to become, a society of phony, clenched a**hole avatars, walking on eggshells, always looking over your shoulder without getting ratted out for something that has nothing to do with your character or morals?" Maher asked rhetorically. "Think of everything you've ever texted, emailed, searched for, tweeted, blogged, or said in passing."
The HBO host went on to cite a study saying 80 percent of Americans are afraid to share their political views because of cancel culture.
"Everybody hates it and no one stands up to it," he said. "Because it's always safer to swallow what you really think and join the mob."
Memo to social Justice warriors: when what you're doing sounds like an Onion headline, stop. #CancelCultureIsOverParty
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