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Showing Original Post only (View all)What is the point of Bill Maher? [View all]
Bill Maher is, allegedly, the last sane voice on the left. But he doesnt believe in the rights of transgender people, or of Palestinians. He thinks college campuses are hotbeds of liberal indoctrinarian that have gotten out of control. Come to think of it, he hasnt really advocated for any left-wing position in recent memory. An advocate for breaking out of echo chambers, Bill speaks almost exclusively to right-wing activists, and never to the minorities he bashes. He claims to know what Democrats should do if they want to win, but hates the ones who are actually winning. Three decades into his TV career and lost in the delusions that often come with a nine-digit net worth, Bill Maher has never been so useless.
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Maher is a stoned out contrarian provocateur who is under the illusion he's being edgy.
sop
Sunday
#11
Simple solution don't listen to or watch him. He knows being an agent provocateur ....
Botany
Sunday
#16
It's part of the right wing decision for the past 40 years to trash the left. Joy Reid
BComplex
Sunday
#20
Who has ever called him "the last sane voice on the left", apart from maybe himself?
muriel_volestrangler
Sunday
#29