Corgan answered: "Well, there's two schools of thought: One is, they're gone. They're Maoists. They have the Little Red Book in their hand. You're not gonna get them back." Jones interrupted, "It's a cult," before Corgan continued:

It's a cult. And the only thing that's going to adjust their ideological fixation is reality. I predict that this hashtag generation–look, for everyone that's out there spinning their little New Year's toy in your reporter's face–and I've watch those clips and I'm horrified as somebody who believes in free speech and is an artist, because those people are gonna be coming for me. Let's face it. It may not be tomorrow, but it's soon enough because I said the wrong thing on the wrong day because I was tired and I didn't take my X2 that day, or whatever. You know what I mean? It's like, to live like that, to live where every word is a landmine–you know what I'm saying–it's not the world I want to live in.

Jones offered, "It's not a liberal world," and Corgan said, "I grew up a liberal. I grew up a liberal, so it's odd to me." Jones responded, "The liberals I knew were always like, 'talk about whatever you want. Get it all out in the open. More freedom.'"

Corgan continued again: