ShockingAlberto
Member
Same. The vindication here is nice, but I'm still shaking my head at how people were defending him as an ally as recently as a year ago when he has always been this bad.
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Bill Maher on bringing Milo back, Le Penn, Vaccinations, Islam.....
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Same. The vindication here is nice, but I'm still shaking my head at how people were defending him as an ally as recently as a year ago when he has always been this bad.
Wet Bloodfart
Banned
lol dude everyone in this thread outside a few others has been saying the same thing.
cartographer
Member
I look forward to the OT version of list wars where people try to argue that this is really eating your own while ignoring Maher's standard issue insecure bigotry.
Palette Swap
Member
I'm just trying to keep an open mind about the possibility he's a complacent idiot who tends to act like a racist would.
excelsiorlef
Member
I never cared for the argument about his place on the political spectrum. What I've cared about is his usefulness to the pursuit of progress.
He's useless in that regard.
People can call him liberal if they want but he's a useless one
He's useless in that regard.
People can call him liberal if they want but he's a useless one
The Artisan
Member
how is he so sure that the majority of Muslims in the world want sharia law
RedHoodedOwl
Member
Larry Wilmore would be a good replacement.
cloudburst
Banned
The only bad thing he did was say the n-word (which is probably a good reason to fire him), but, bringing Milo on shouldn't elicit this response. Maher always brings an assortment of people to his show, and that's the whole point of it. Nobody complains when he brings the shamed Elliot Spitzer on.
Costanza-san
Banned
At what point does your complacency just make you racist then? Because if that's the case then I think Maher's reached that point.
because it supports his shitty viewpoint.
it's shameful that he hasn't been canned yet.
So what about his anti-vacc ideas? which have caused and will cause more suffering, particularly among children not getting vaccinated.
Or his islamaphobia and support of vile people like Le Pen just because of that?
RustyNails
Member
Thats the best idea I've heard. Stewart can bring bigger ratings than this xenophobic, Islamophobic, racist douchebag.
minor effort
Banned
Or just nobody take over. On top of the general repulsiveness of Maher, panel discussion shows are just a terrible format.
Besides, you don't want either of these people to take the reigns of such a damaged property as this.
His interest in getting Milo back is angering me. He was already on thin ice with how he was too friendly with someone he didn't understand beforehand.
What exists as an alternative to Real Time?
Meet the Press only fills in some of the same roles. It doesn't push boundaries nor does it allow for any levity and it's not designed to give a platform for opposing viewpoints to discuss matters.
RPGCrazied
Member
Yeah, no. I dropped you for having Milo on in the first place, and now you want to have him back? No, thank you.
Ugh, I'd kill for this.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
It's as if Maher looked at Trump's perpetual dumpster fire of a life and said to himself "I want some of that action."
cloudburst
Banned
Islamaphobia? Is that what criticizing Islam is called now?
Bill Maher criticizes religion. I bet you'd call Christopher Hitchens (who used to frequent the show) an Islamaphobe too.
I do not like anti-vaxxers so I agree with you there.
Palette Swap
Member
I guess it wasn't clear that I think he's a bigot and an idiot, who some people trip all over themselves to defend because they mistake complacency for nuance and contrarianism for depth.
Maher's role is to think he is the smartest person at the table while actually being the dumbest.
His views on religion are the only thing he is ever somewhat right on. But gaf has become weirdly religious and sanctimonious in recent years so I'm not surprised by some of the responses in here.
His views on religion are the only thing he is ever somewhat right on. But gaf has become weirdly religious and sanctimonious in recent years so I'm not surprised by some of the responses in here.
Maher's views on religion are pretty much unilaterally shit.
But his views on Islam are extremely shitty and he comes off as an Islamaphobe
BrutishMrFish
Member
But he didn't shame Milo. His interview had so many softballs that Maher at some point had to have ripped off his testicles and thrown them at Milo's face.
He was a complete pushover in the panel discussion. He deserves no credit whatsoever for the work of Larry Wilmore and Malcolm Nance.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
No we don't Maher.
Fuck off.
cartographer
Member
Oh look here we go!
Lord Frieza
Member
Goddamn, Bill, like what the fuck are you the doing man? It's like you apologized for the racial slur, so you have to double down now on everything else horrible.
BlastProcessing
Member
Fuck this two-bit smug merchant.
Please, dont spout BS and try to claim Maher tries to have a 'conversation' about Islam. Its so far gone from even his normal attacks on overall religion.
Christopher 'I 100% support the second Iraq War' Hitchens? He isn't some infaliable god that can be used as a shield.
Sunster
Member
from op
He is doing more than just bringing him on for lulz. That Milo ep must have gotten great ratings or something.
His final new rules segments/rants are often well put together. His panels are fairly bad.
I haven't heard anything about milo in awhile and it should stay that way. he's not even a good person to have on for an opposing voice and this will likely do actual harm
could argue that the first time maher didn't know but no excuses now. not that he deserved the benefit of the doubt in the first place
could argue that the first time maher didn't know but no excuses now. not that he deserved the benefit of the doubt in the first place
Well Pew conducted a survey on it:
Since hundreds of millions of Muslims live in Indonesia that's a quite a chunk already.
My question is what version, if you will, that actually entails, because if you ask Americans if they want Christian laws ruling on things like prostitution, abortion and contraceptive use you'd probably get a few interesting responses. Likewise, I'd be curious if these responses meant biblical/Quran-like punishments alongside the "crimes".
The whole report is rather interesting in that many Islamic countries are themselves very worried about Islamic extremism at home, and that Muslim Americans are quite like their Christian counterparts in some respects
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tan...key-findings-in-the-u-s-and-around-the-world/
Still, support this high for religious laws is ughhhhhhhh.
EDIT: Blister
BlisterBrown
Neo Member
This is from a Pew Research poll. There's not a percentage given for total majority, but you can imagine it would be close to half with these numbers.
Here's the full article: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tan...key-findings-in-the-u-s-and-around-the-world/
Zvonimir Boban
Banned
Look at that, Bill Maher is a piece of shit? I am SHOCKED.
There have been plenty of us telling the truth about Maher for quite some time but it was easily ignored because Islam isn't a race and black people are too sensitive about white guys saying 'nigger'. Maher smokes weed and dated black women so he must be alright.
He likes to act like there is no such thing as 'moderate' Islam so of course he thinks most Muslims want to blow everything up and establish a global caliphate.
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There have been plenty of us telling the truth about Maher for quite some time but it was easily ignored because Islam isn't a race and black people are too sensitive about white guys saying 'nigger'. Maher smokes weed and dated black women so he must be alright.
He likes to act like there is no such thing as 'moderate' Islam so of course he thinks most Muslims want to blow everything up and establish a global caliphate.
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CopperPuppy
Member
excelsiorlef
Member
Maher in that profike says he is proud his show "launched" Kellyanne Conway and Ann Coulter's careers...
It's clear Milo is his next project. He actively wants to help him succeed as a "media" personality.
That's the uselessness to progress I was talking about
It's clear Milo is his next project. He actively wants to help him succeed as a "media" personality.
That's the uselessness to progress I was talking about