He probably only brings it up when interviewed and asked about it.He really should shut up about this, I believe it exited the news cycle and people were starting to forget about it. Add to the fact he is currently on break, it would have served him well to just shut up and let it die.
He really should shut up about this, I believe it exited the news cycle and people were starting to forget about it. Add to the fact he is currently on break, it would have served him well to just shut up and let it die.
Way to remind people you fucked up super hard. Really great for your image.
lol why bring this up again?
I wish he would just shut the fuck up.
Maybe. Maybe he is genuinely sorry though.
I don't particularly like him and he's gotten worse over the years with vaxxer and other bullshit. But what if he's actually repentant?
It's a little funny, then, that it's so similar to what he said when he was explaining to his black panelist that it's okay for Sarah Silverman to use an ethnic slur in a joke.
But yeah, you can't blame him for keeping the topic alive, at least.
If you read between the lines of this article, this isn't a recent comment. This is just some piece being critical of Maher bringing it up.
Ah you're right. I missed the first mention of the NYT interview being "new".The comment is from a NYT interview that was published a day ago. Pretty recent.
PG Maybe the only middle ground now is the outrage over episodes like your recent N-word incident. Total fury! Did you think you were toast?
BM No.
PG Really? Were you not looking at Twitter?
BM I think most people understood that it was a comedian's mistake, not a racist mistake.
PG Your first guest on the follow-up apology show, Michael Eric Dyson, was pretty softball with you. But Ice Cube was righteously indignant. He wanted to hold you to account.
BM Listen, I hope we had a teachable moment about race: trying to make something good from something bad. But maybe also about how to handle something like this: apologize sincerely if you're wrong — and I was — and own it.
PG Mission accomplished, as President Bush said.
BM But we don't have to grovel, and we don't have to admit things that aren't true. When Ice Cube said something about my telling black jokes, I wasn't going to be: ”Oh, well, I made one mistake; I might as well admit mistakes I haven't made." I've never made black jokes. I've made jokes about racists. But my fan base knows that, so it never went anywhere.
PG Can you distinguish this episode from the one after 9/11, when your show on ABC was canceled? Then, you agreed with a guest who said the 9/11 hijackers weren't cowards. Frankly, willingness to blow yourself up isn't my idea of cowardice, either. It may be crazy or evil. I hope I don't get fired for this.
FL You don't work for Disney.
BM Part of the difference, as Fran says, is that I was on a network with sponsors. And when sponsors pull out, the network has no choice. But also, the 9/11 statement had meaning behind it. The recent thing was just a mistake. I should not have used that word, even reaching for a joke.
FL The worst thing about this is that there's always outrage over people in show business, who have no actual power. They're entertainers. We would prefer that they agree with us, and do the right thing. But moral outrage should be reserved for Congress or the Supreme Court. To me, the fact that people can't tell the difference between these things is why we have Donald Trump as president. People want to be entertained 24 hours a day. And they're seeking from entertainment what they should be seeking from other branches of life.
PG Have you ever had to do a public apology?
FL No. This is very specific to people who have mass audiences. Remember that whole period when Charlie Sheen was news. That's not news, O.K.? You can watch Bill; you cannot watch Bill. But you can't not have this Congress. That's the misplaced moral outrage.
PG Better to save it for Paul Ryan?
FL I'm glad you brought him up. Every time I see the sentence ”Paul Ryan is the conscience of the Republican Party," I think: What is that? Is that like being the quarterback of the New York City Ballet? But yes, that is where your outrage should be.
I mean, he's not wrong. Racial jokes are fine, but only if it's handled properly, and it's funny.
Look at how Louis CK handled using nigger in his stand up.
Maybe. Maybe he is genuinely sorry though.
I don't particularly like him and he's gotten worse over the years with vaxxer and other bullshit. But what if he's actually repentant?
Sadly, this.I think some people want punishment, not repentance. They know they're not gonna get the former and they're not gonna settle for the latter, so he's irredeemable.
That really helped Kramer.
Bill Maher in this clip tells a lady that he wouldn't have known she was black if she didn't tell him because she's light skinned, and that the N word is ok for white people to say because songs say it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiCEaLHZp24
starts at 9:09
Bill Maher in this clip tells a lady that he wouldn't have known she was black if she didn't tell him because she's light skinned, and that the N word is ok for white people to say because songs say it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiCEaLHZp24
starts at 9:09
Wouldn't be a Maher thread without hysterics and extreme hyperbole.
On a show called Politically Incorrect, where he shared his Politically Incorrect opinion.
I like David spade in that video so far. The constant look of "Am I gong to say something here...nahhh"Bill Maher in this clip tells a lady that he wouldn't have known she was black if she didn't tell him because she's light skinned, and that the N word is ok for white people to say because songs say it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiCEaLHZp24
starts at 9:09
But but we need people like Maher on our side!!
In douchey comedian speak, "politically incorrect" means "I can say whatever nasty, bigoted thing I want, and if you get offended you're a snowflake who can't handle a joke."
He can be a douchey comedian; in fact, he excels at it. But he cannot be a liberal if he insults black people, trans people, women, and even liberals themselves, whom he often calls whiny little snowflakes. Support for weed legalization, something that benefits him personally, and a few token words of support between the nasty jokes does not a liberal make.
I mean, he's not wrong. Racial jokes are fine, but only if it's handled properly, and it's funny.
Look at how Louis CK handled using nigger in his stand up.
That's obviously what it was. Time to move on.
Maybe. Maybe he is genuinely sorry though.
I don't particularly like him and he's gotten worse over the years with vaxxer and other bullshit. But what if he's actually repentant?
That really helped Kramer.
The false equivalence in these posts are strange. Kramer' incident is LIGHT YEARS different than Maher's.Just like Milo is a comedian.
Eh, I don't especially care for Maher but that seemed pretty clearly in the mistake category.
ExactlyI think some people want punishment, not repentance. They know they're not gonna get the former and they're not gonna settle for the latter, so he's irredeemable.
What a tactful way to say, "I was only joking, get over it, you pussies."
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Let the man live in his shame and let him repent.
I mean, when has this man ever apologized for anything he's done.
He positions himself like a mouthpiece for liberal thought and says stupid shit that undermines that. He is literally giving people who are on the verge of using terms like "libtard" a go-ahead to just dive in.
Conversely, he is only preaching to the choir otherwise.
This guy is a hack. Call it hyperbole if you like, but that's what he is. He is not particularly well-informed, but he is very loud. Since he is regarded as a symbol of liberal thought, I feel like that is harmful. Him dropping the N-bomb is just a symptom of the greater disease: that he is an entitled white man who likes to preach all day yet seems to care nothing about the subjects of his preaching.
Edit: oh, banned. Damn.
For one- those first items should be CRITICIZED, as they have been. To me, that's how this all works. Even I criticized Maher for going easy on Milo. And I advocated for having Milo on the show for the exact purpose of showing how shitty he is. I didn't personally know how shitty Milo was until *GASP* I was exposed to him. And yeah, perhaps he should have Some credit for Wilmore working Milo. It IS his show.He could have done that after any of the multiple times he's put his foot in his mouth, yet he never did, and he still thought it was okay to use the n-word as a white man in 2017.
The guy let Milo walk all over him and is still taking credit for the work that Nance and Wilmore put in to accurately make Milo look like an idiot, and you think he's capable of being ashamed of his behavior to the point where he's willing to change when he never changed before? If this were his first time being a massive shithead I would be all for giving him a chance, but it's part of a clear pattern in his behavior.
That's not a point in his favor when you could easily say the same thing about Trump's apology for what was said in the pussy tapes.
That really helped Kramer.
For one- those first items should be CRITICIZED, as they have been. To me, that's how this all works. Even I criticized Maher for going easy on Milo. And I advocated for having Milo on the show for the exact purpose of showing how shitty he is. I didn't personally know how shitty Milo was until *GASP* I was exposed to him. And yeah, perhaps he should have Some credit for Wilmore working Milo. It IS his show.
As for your pussy tape comment? Again, false equivalence.