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In reply to the discussion: Give it a rest Bill Maher. You, and others keep saying that schools shouldn't have been closed [View all]appmanga
(625 posts)...and an ill-informed dilletante who thinks he knows a lot more than he does. He seems to think, despite the evidence of very dead young people, COVID wasn't a significant danger to them. I've said this before: I once subscribed to HBO for Maher's show and "Curb". I gave up the subscription three years ago after figuring I could buy "Curb" on DVD and binge it at my leisure. Maher has never really been able to abandon his libertarian roots, something most people past puberty do quite easily when they realize the United States a diverse, complex society still carrying vestiges of its patriarchic white supremacy legacy.
The last time I watched (a couple of weeks ago) was to see how much bullshit he'd let Two-Faced Nancy Mace get away with. Maher didn't disappoint. He let her buffalo through as she tried to justify her accusation that George Stephanopoulos was trying to rape-shame her with no real pushback or challenge. Two-Faced is the same kind of a narcissistic egomaniac as Kyrsten Sinema, but lacks Sinema's brain power.
Most of the jokes and bits now fall flat, getting titters rather than guffaws and leaving Maher with the look of a man who just sharted but can't leave the room.