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Maher apologized. Those offended should now consider apologizing to him. [View all] gulliver Jun 2017 OP

Stop talking about him. The right wing media wants you to continue using his name sharedvalues Jun 2017 #1

Wha? BeyondGeography Jun 2017 #3

I don't understand cyclonefence Jun 2017 #34

That's not how apologies work. We didn't do anything. Wrong- HE DID. bettyellen Jun 2017 #2

Of course that's how apologies work. gulliver Jun 2017 #5

Calling out racial slurs is not wrong- no one needs to apologize for doing that. You should bettyellen Jun 2017 #6

I apologize if you are offended by my suggesting you apologize. gulliver Jun 2017 #7

You should delete this embarrassing OP, otherwise your apology is meaningless. bettyellen Jun 2017 #11

I can't do that. I believe it is correct. gulliver Jun 2017 #13

Don't apologize if you have no regrets- that's dishonest. Apologies are not the same bettyellen Jun 2017 #15

Well, now that you've apologize for your inane convoluted illogical post elehhhhna Jun 2017 #21

Oh shit! LOL bettyellen Jun 2017 #23

You don't owe me an apology. gulliver Jun 2017 #24

No. Apologies aren't thank you notes. kcr Jun 2017 #57

Did you see the show? Warpy Jun 2017 #39

I saw the exchange, and he chose his words very poorly. Watching him make bettyellen Jun 2017 #44

It was a little icky, but do note it was from GWTW and he used it on himself Warpy Jun 2017 #48

Not worth it- to YOU. And that seems to be what's lost in these dozens of "hey it doesn't bother me" bettyellen Jun 2017 #51

I consider a war on words to be even more useless than a war on plants Warpy Jun 2017 #54

YOU consider it that, but it's linked to cultural issues that matter... bettyellen Jun 2017 #59

"Those offended should now consider apologizing to him" SaschaHM Jun 2017 #4

No thanks. Nt NCTraveler Jun 2017 #8

Lmaoooooo WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2017 #9

I am not an African American. nycbos Jun 2017 #10

I agree with your decision. gulliver Jun 2017 #12

I'm African American and the word offends me no matter who says it. Dream Girl Jun 2017 #25

You have the right to your opinion... nycbos Jun 2017 #29

Apologies do not guarantee forgiveness, and they certainly do not elicit apologies elehhhhna Jun 2017 #14

I've never ever heard this convoluted logic before- but I'm sure I'll find bettyellen Jun 2017 #17

Right? I guess if someone hits me and later apologizes I should apologize for being hurt? elehhhhna Jun 2017 #19

It's a real Trumpian sense of agrievement and entitlement to even suggest bettyellen Jun 2017 #22

10 posts in the last 90 days, and this is what you want to contribute here? demmiblue Jun 2017 #16

This is what you want to contribute here? gulliver Jun 2017 #18

LMAO. nt geek tragedy Jun 2017 #20

I'll say it in pictures emulatorloo Jun 2017 #26

Are you having an LSD flashback? If not, you might want to rethink your premise there. Squinch Jun 2017 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author samnsara Jun 2017 #28

Holy shite... this is quite something. demmiblue Jun 2017 #31

yes hes a sick weirdo but he had a voice that we need.. he was abrasive and loud samnsara Jun 2017 #35

'We' don't need Anthony Weiner. demmiblue Jun 2017 #42

Fuck that. pintobean Jun 2017 #30

Those offended have nothing to apologize for. The ones who should apologize pnwmom Jun 2017 #32

Kind of sick of the perpetual outrage and correctness madville Jun 2017 #33

Racist slurs damper free thought too. I don't care for them. Also, not one person that I have seen Squinch Jun 2017 #38

WTF? nini Jun 2017 #36

Fuck that. I don't grovel to used-to-be liberals like Maher. Paladin Jun 2017 #37

People who think Maher is racist... bagelsforbreakfast Jun 2017 #40

Black voters voted solidly against Trump and are his worst demographic. SaschaHM Jun 2017 #43

Are you so limited you can only have one concern at a time? That sucks! bettyellen Jun 2017 #46

No. We can be concerned about racism too. Squinch Jun 2017 #47

The answer to an apology is foregiveness. Skidmore Jun 2017 #41

Forgiveness is not always granted,sometimes you gotta walk away. bettyellen Jun 2017 #45

Don't know about the HBO part, but Skidmore Jun 2017 #50

Too often people use "forgiveness" as "it's all okay" when it was not.... bettyellen Jun 2017 #52

What a ridiculous OP. JTFrog Jun 2017 #49

Very true. Snackshack Jun 2017 #53

I am not going to comment on Maher's use of the "n" word, but the irony of republican and right still_one Jun 2017 #55

This post is a special type of stupid, you realize that, right? Humanist_Activist Jun 2017 #56

So, will Mahar then have to apologize because we apologized? kcr Jun 2017 #58

Bill Maher can kiss my ass. Gravitycollapse Jun 2017 #60