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[–] TheTrigger 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago (edited ago)
I fucking hate Bill Maher, even though he used to appeal to me, greatly. It's weird. Not sure if he's become more of a whining, head-in-the-sand pussy, in recent years. Or if as I age, my sensibilities and critical-thinking skills have improved, while his opinions have remained unchanged. Decided to try watching his show again, recently, as he came up in a post here and I thought, "Oh, yeah! Bill! Wonder what he's been up to."
It was disastrous. He's pandering so hard, to his uber-left-leaning viewership, that it looks like he might have twisted himself in to an example of a mobius strip created by infinitely sticking his head up his ass. At some point he told someone on his panel, who brought up the Hillary E-Mail Scandal™, to shut up, "we're all tired of hearing about it", and "who cares?". He literally, literally, said (word for word): "I'd rather have a politician that's conniving and sneaky to be in office, than someone who's stupid, because at least they'd be competent".
Fucking idiot. He's the Rush Limbaugh of the left.
If his opinions are held, not because of monetary influence but because of his own reasoning, then goddamn is he no worse than "the republicans" he's always going on about. For a guy who used to host a TV show called "Politically Incorrect", he certainly likes to, in his own words, "tote the party line".
[–] paidshill 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I watch him sometimes just to learn all of the new edgy liberal talking points. He went on a rant about how much he hates white people for nearly 5 minutes straight this weekend.
How any white people can legitimately still enjoy his show is a mystery to me.
[–] TheTrigger ago
Dude, I'm brown and still think he's retarded.
It takes a speshul kind of apologist to think he actually matters.