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In reply to the discussion: George Takei vs. Bill Maher [View all]TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)63. Well then it looks like you're stuck with me...I call it out too and wanting to hang Mahr for this
is ridiculous. I'm sure he did it on purpose...I'm sure he said to himself...don't refute the transgender bathroom bit because it's true...and I believe it myself. He thought it was ridiculous when he said it and then Larry jumped right in and the topics/convo move along.
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It's very disheartening to see liberals knocking liberals because they are not liberal enough
TrekLuver
Feb 2017
#1
I'm not reading all that but because he said some "unliberal" things (I'll assume) he's kicked out?
TrekLuver
Feb 2017
#36
I'm not seeing the bigotry here and please don't judge me since you know nothing about me thanks.
TrekLuver
Feb 2017
#44
Well then it looks like you're stuck with me...I call it out too and wanting to hang Mahr for this
TrekLuver
Feb 2017
#63
He's a showman. For the last maybe 8 years he was more Dem leaning. Then the WH changed parties.
Crash2Parties
Feb 2017
#88
Thats pretty vague and offers no video so I can't speak to the context of it. But I would identify..
phleshdef
Feb 2017
#99
"Yes, he is a bigot" should just end with a period. There's nothing left to be said after that.
EffieBlack
Feb 2017
#212
Here we go with the "you called out someone's bigotry so YOU'RE THE BIGOT!" bs
EffieBlack
Feb 2017
#228
You didn't "call me" on anything. You attempted to. But you failed because I'm no selling it.
phleshdef
Feb 2017
#231
What difference does a label make? It's his positions on major issues that counts, isn't it?
Honeycombe8
Feb 2017
#154
He had to change the label for the presidential bid because it's a two-party system
Goblinmonger
Feb 2017
#196
I don't think his views on libertarianism have changed much since this video
RelativelyJones
Feb 2017
#14
if we define everyone who supports free speech and legal pot as "libertarian", that's what he is.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#17
No, it certainly does not. I just don't think he's a libertarian at all
Fast Walker 52
Feb 2017
#179
Apparently, some Democrats think his bigotry is just fine as long as he supports the positions they
EffieBlack
Feb 2017
#215
Did you watch his wink-and-nod encouragement to milo's extremely transphobic remarks?
Ms. Toad
Feb 2017
#18
If someone tolerates and encourages blatantly false and transphobic lies, yes.
Ms. Toad
Feb 2017
#37
After watching it he was not chuckling with him...he was chuckling at him..and he said WHAT
TrekLuver
Feb 2017
#49
Yes I did. It was disgusting. Vile. (I assume he's trying to save or resurrect his show ...
NurseJackie
Feb 2017
#70
That figure was clearly off the wall. Didn't he say " involved"? Which might be true, and entirely
JCanete
Feb 2017
#152
I said nothing like that you can go reread what I wrote I'm not typing it again.
TrekLuver
Feb 2017
#39
You know what I just watched the video and I don't see any "blatant" bigotry portrayed by Mahr.
TrekLuver
Feb 2017
#53
He was kidding around...good lord lighten up. I'm done with this nonsense now.
TrekLuver
Feb 2017
#100
Notice how that inconvenient little fact was left off the posted transcript
BannonsLiver
Feb 2017
#211
That's OK I don't need to prove my "liberalness" to you...why you actually likened me to a Trashpot
TrekLuver
Feb 2017
#118
Fair enough...I'm not a fan of it either...I don't think there are many here who would defend
TrekLuver
Feb 2017
#126
The only transphobia on the show was Milo...and maybe the other southern guy I forget his
TrekLuver
Feb 2017
#64
It is one thing to believe that there is too much emphasis on a civil rights issue such as
dsc
Feb 2017
#79
"not liberal enough"? What he said was bigoted & right out of the GOP cue cards.
Crash2Parties
Feb 2017
#86
Milo made a bigoted and wrong point about transgender people being "dangerous"
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#15
I think the shit Julie Bindel has said on this is uncannily similar to Milo's rhetoric.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#22
You're right. And I don't know if that's part of Bindel's assertions, or not.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#29
I like Maher and agree with him on many things, but he's not always right.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#12
I've seen him miss opportunities before...but then I was thinking if I was hosting the show
TrekLuver
Feb 2017
#28
Milo didn't get away with anything in that video...so I'm seeing something different.
TrekLuver
Feb 2017
#48
I never suggested Milo got away with it. We were discussing Maher's behavior -
Ms. Toad
Feb 2017
#55
Larry jumped in right away. It's a talk show moving along to the next topic. You guys are really
TrekLuver
Feb 2017
#60
You weren't...Maher's fearless critiques of Republican hypocrisy are a model that all Democrats
BeyondGeography
Feb 2017
#40
caught the repeat and I don't know why Milo was on... I don't know why anyone invites him anywhere..
JHan
Feb 2017
#45
I thought he was too. Bill Maher is dead to me now. Some of his biggest defenders BEFORE the show...
NurseJackie
Feb 2017
#65
He's trying to "save" his failing show. It's the Springer / Maury approach.
NurseJackie
Feb 2017
#96
wait a second, that just isn't true. I just looked up the ratings. This is his most watched season
JCanete
Feb 2017
#158
good lord, it isn't defending his bigottedness. He's ignorant on shit. I'd rather people be upright
JCanete
Feb 2017
#94
You act as if he's been living inside some sort of GOP bubble. He hasn't. He knows better ...
NurseJackie
Feb 2017
#95
you may very well be right that he doesn't care. I'm not going to get into his motivations. But
JCanete
Feb 2017
#98
I don't particularly disagree with anything you said here. It makes sense to choose where
JCanete
Feb 2017
#147
Few are100pc correct liberal, plus WHO is the DECIDER of what 100 pc is? Maher goes off the rails
Alice11111
Feb 2017
#174
Calling out bigotry is "political correctness" only to those who aren't its target
EffieBlack
Feb 2017
#219
Perhaps you should not violate the rules so much, just a suggestion...
Humanist_Activist
Feb 2017
#183
Depends on the opinion, generally attacking Democrats is frowned upon, as is attacking people...
Humanist_Activist
Feb 2017
#190
Frankly speaking, if you find that you are afraid to voice an opinion because you...
Humanist_Activist
Feb 2017
#176
I have always found that Maher is a self-important, smarmy little libertarian shit.
demmiblue
Feb 2017
#129
Isn't it a pity that Wilmore's take-down was during the UNAIRED "Overtime" segment?
NurseJackie
Feb 2017
#136
Why does my scorn for him make you so angry? It's as if you're taking it personally.
NurseJackie
Feb 2017
#138
And they seem to forget that people on TV are entertainers, not political operatives.
MindPilot
Feb 2017
#143
The other dismissive variation they're using is "Don't like him? Don't watch him!" Of course ...
NurseJackie
Feb 2017
#207
You are being called out for falsely suggesting that Muslims are the only ones who...
Humanist_Activist
Feb 2017
#191
No idea, I'm really puzzled by this tremendous concern about Islam in the West...
Humanist_Activist
Feb 2017
#227
I'm not so puzzled that this concern exists among certain people in the West . . .
EffieBlack
Feb 2017
#229
So demanding purity of our politicians who we actually elect to represent us is bad....
vi5
Feb 2017
#201
Interesting how folks circle the wagon at the mere suggestion that one of their own might be a bigot
EffieBlack
Feb 2017
#218
Bill Mahar is an entertainer and I watch people who please me when I consume my time with them.
Jim Beard
Feb 2017
#208