So, too, the Democrats have become a cult — the cult of the precious, the woke; the guardians of what can be said and read and thought. Whether the offender is Lenny Bruce, or Mark Twain, or Mr. Bean, the woke, and the press and government in the service of the woke, will save us from the pain of exposure to that which upsets us. Even if what upsets us may be true, or have some merit or, God help us, humor. (Bruce would be canceled today, as would Mel Brooks and Peter Sellers.)