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35. He's always had alt-right (or alt-left) elements to his worldview, remember Coulter

Sat Aug 15, 2020, 01:18 AM

Aug 2020

got popular by being on his show. And iirc he's friends with Bari Weiss.

He's your typical alt-Bro who resents anyone telling a white man what to do.

It's true that most people are a product of their times and we need to view historical figures in that context. But the point of this moment and our reckoning around race and gender issues now is that if we fail to correct the sins of past then systemic injustices remain baked into the system. So it's not about the past as much as it's about what we do now.

For example, confederate statues must be removed as they stand as current symbols of white supremacy. They need to be in museums where we can understand them in their proper historical context.

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Bill Maher is a fucking idiot. Spewing that the young don't have a problem with the virus. What [View all] still_one Aug 2020 OP

He's going to regret that uponit7771 Aug 2020 #1

He's been getting worse for quite awhile PatSeg Aug 2020 #2

and I don't know what he was trying to say when he said people who had slaves were a product of still_one Aug 2020 #5

I wonder if the quarantine is getting to him PatSeg Aug 2020 #13

Actually, that's an interesting possibility still_one Aug 2020 #24

He's lost it. He's gotten to be like Kanye West in that he says things for attention and... brush Aug 2020 #23

Attention getting is right. I think he jumped the shark tonight still_one Aug 2020 #25

Yes. He'll probably walk it back quietly next week as his show starts. brush Aug 2020 #28

He's always had alt-right (or alt-left) elements to his worldview, remember Coulter radius777 Aug 2020 #35

Well for a very long time PatSeg Aug 2020 #38

I love Maher, but that interview was not his finest moment. Music Man Aug 2020 #3

You love him? Maru Kitteh Aug 2020 #32

Yes, he's a great comedian and a Democrat at heart. Music Man Aug 2020 #39

Sadly he's lost his fastball BannonsLiver Aug 2020 #4

Mayor Pete, Yang, and Bottoms were great still_one Aug 2020 #6

She was great BannonsLiver Aug 2020 #7

Absolutely. Mayor Bottoms is always excellent still_one Aug 2020 #8

BTW BannonsLiver Aug 2020 #17

We are on the same page still_one Aug 2020 #21

If he had paid attention he would know how Cha Aug 2020 #10

"Someone more..." BannonsLiver Aug 2020 #16

The People voted for Joe Biden.. Democracy VS Cha Aug 2020 #20

Hasn't he read the reports of all the kids who are Cha Aug 2020 #9

It was crazy talk Cha. I though I was watching trump's new doctor, Atlas, who is spewing the still_one Aug 2020 #11

That's really too bad & dangerously disappointing. Cha Aug 2020 #14

It is very disappointing for sure, Cha BannonsLiver Aug 2020 #18

I stopped watching when he came back from last break. NCDem47 Aug 2020 #12

He had Colon Cowturd from Fox Sports on probably. Elwood P Dowd Aug 2020 #15

That's it. It was anti-science blathering still_one Aug 2020 #22

Yeah, his grasp of science is often flawed to weak misanthrope Aug 2020 #19

It sure is flawed still_one Aug 2020 #26

I didn't always agree with him but always respected his intellect MustLoveBeagles Aug 2020 #27

I imagine there will be a youtube excerpt of it soon enough where you can judge for yourself still_one Aug 2020 #29

I'll keep an eye out for it MustLoveBeagles Aug 2020 #30

When it comes to anything medical, he really should keep his mouth closed. Behind the Aegis Aug 2020 #31

BTA we agree 100% on the medical advice, and your description of his "product of our times" final still_one Aug 2020 #33

Thanks for the warning. I had considered watching tonight's episode ecstatic Aug 2020 #34

The guests he had on were excellent except for the fox sports guest at the end, who is another still_one Aug 2020 #36

Maher makes most of his money doing stand up Trumpocalypse Aug 2020 #37