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MuseRider

(34,095 posts)
3. I was a fan,
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:51 PM
Feb 2019

then I realized quite some time ago that the edgy parts of his comedy were usually sexist or racist and said in a way that he was able to get away with it. One night I just decided I could not take his smarmy face with his shitty jokes about things people could not change and that was it. His jokes made me feel sad. We (this community) will keep him though. Too many who have nothing to lose with his comedy will watch him forever. If you are different than he is in any way such as religion, shade of skin or place of origin and very frequently sex you are game for him to make money off of "jokes" that make you feel or look to others as less than the lighter shaded males in this country. One day I would like him to go away without an audience and without appreciation but I have no hope that we will ever be that enlightened when they jokes are not pointed at so many of us.

Not a fan of Bill Maher Fatemah2774 Feb 2019 #1
I was a fan, MuseRider Feb 2019 #3
This is a FAKE bullshit "under fire" story. I saw the interview. This is total crap. themaguffin Feb 2019 #7
LOL MuseRider Feb 2019 #15
Yeah, then whatever. LOL LOL themaguffin Feb 2019 #18
Maybe a gaffe, but I don't think he meant it like "that" Shell_Seas Feb 2019 #2
I quit him when he said: violetpastille Feb 2019 #6
No, he's not 'under fire' superpatriotman Feb 2019 #4
Sharing our issues should mean he's a friend, Hortensis Feb 2019 #12
Too bad he didn't say jack in the box snort Feb 2019 #5
I'm in the Not a Fan Club HopeAgain Feb 2019 #8
Thought it was a great interview, particularly this seemingly sensible GOPet's Hoyt Feb 2019 #9
It was a great interview superpatriotman Feb 2019 #11
Hurd being a republican is the real joke. nt miyazaki Feb 2019 #10
Here's the full interview. TheBlackAdder Feb 2019 #13
I refuse to watch Maher. TeapotInATempest Feb 2019 #14
Maher has said worse Yosemito Feb 2019 #16
Fuck Bill Maher. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2019 #17
Why are you posting tweets from the Managing Editor of Newsbusters? berni_mccoy Feb 2019 #19
That clip is not in context ecstatic Feb 2019 #20
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