Bari Weiss explores the rise of the 'woke right'—an illiberal mirror of the progressive left. She argues that after years of the left making everything taboo, some on the right have declared nothing is taboo, leading to a dangerous embrace of extreme rhetoric and revisionism. Guest Rod Dreher, a conservative writer, warns that this new identitarian politics on the right threatens liberal democracy from within.
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The 'Woke Right' Dynamic
The term 'woke right' describes the emergence of illiberalism on the political right, mirroring the intolerance that has overtaken the progressive left.