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Bill Maher Calls His Use of The N-Word a 'Comedian's Mistake'

Bill Maher's use of a racial slur on his HBO show Real Time back in June isn't the only controversy he has stared down as a longtime political comedian, but it was definitely the biggest scandal he has dealt with during the Real Time era. His use of the n-word called into question his broader history on race, and forced even his friends and fans to reevaluate his views.
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http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2017/07/bill-maher-calls-his-use-of-the-n-word-comedians-mistake
 

NYR

Member
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.
 

Stinkles

Clothed, sober, cooperative
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.


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?
 

Barzul

Member
Gave Milo a platform to pub his book. Some icon. And then this. I don't watch his show and I don't think I ever will.
 

The Kree

Banned
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?

An interviewer for the NYT asked him about it. Read the article.
 
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?
These are his words. MISTAKE MY ASS.
"I think most people understood that it was a comedian's mistake, not a racist mistake," said Maher.
and there is also this.
Looking through his history, Maher should probably heed what Cube is saying. Maher previously relied on a racist stereotype to denigrate Barack Obama's blackness, has routinely engaged in Islamaphobia, and generally gets away with things a less popular comedian would get discarded for, for one reason or another.
 

Speely

Banned
Fuck Maher. He is hurting liberals, not helping them. Hell, his particular brand of bullshittery is probably hurting everyone.
 

Shauni

Member
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?

Passing it off as a comedian mistake doesn't seem like a very repetant point of view, at least to me
 

tbm24

Member
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?

Would be in his best interest to stop talking about it and not do it again if he's genuine about it.
 

The Kree

Banned
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?

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.
 

The Kree

Banned
"No Comment" - problem solved

No, it's not, because he's not the one bringing it up.

I get that you want him to shut up and go away, but he makes a living as a public figure who speaks. "No comment" is not really an option for him.
 

D i Z

Member
lol why bring this up again?

Because he can't let it go. He needs to be right in his racist ass views, even slighting Ice Cube who was invited to smooth shit over in the process.

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?


What part of that punkass statement says to you "I'm really sorry"?

What part of it says to you , " I might need to rethink other fucked up shit that I've said about brown people, now that I'm all sorry about it and shit"?
 

Nephtis

Member
I mean, he was trying to be funny and made a mistake. For which he apologized and asked people on his show to rip him a new one. Maher is super questionable, and I can't say I believe his sincerity, but if he makes an effort to not fuck up again and actually follows through with some kind of action that doesn't require throwing money, then I'm all for just leaving all that behind.

Then again, I'm not black. So it's not my place to forgive - but I do see it as a mistake rather than him doing it with malice.
 

D i Z

Member
I mean, he was trying to be funny and made a mistake. For which he apologized and asked people on his show to rip him a new one. Maher is super questionable, and I can't say I believe his sincerity, then I but if he makes an effort to not fuck up again and actually follows through with some kind of action that doesn't require throwing money,'m all for just leaving all that behind.

Then again, I'm not black. So it's not my place to forgive - but I do see it as a mistake rather than him doing it with malice.

Show me when or where he has done anything other than the exact opposite of this, and I'll take a bow on the topic. Pick out how he's doubling down on his position in the article. I dare you to not see it.
 
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?
Can his smug face even be allowed to repent?
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Chumley

Banned
Fuck Maher. He is hurting liberals, not helping them. Hell, his particular brand of bullshittery is probably hurting everyone.

Wouldn't be a Maher thread without hysterics and extreme hyperbole.

Show me when or where he has done anything other than the exact opposite of this, and I'll take a bow on the topic. Pick out how he's doubling down on his position in the article. I dare you to not see it.

Someone else brought it up. He's a comedian. He said he made a mistake in the process of trying to be funny. His brain went to a place in the heat of the moment he regrets it went, and now he's presumably trying to fix that instinct.
 

Nephtis

Member
Show me when or where he has done anything other than the exact opposite of this, and I'll take a bow on the topic. Pick out how he's doubling down on his position in the article. I dare you to not see it.

I'm not saying he has, but I do hope he will. Even if he did it would be an uphill battle to be forgiven in the eyes of many, though.
 

Slayven

Member
Wouldn't be a Maher thread without hysterics and extreme hyperbole.



Someone else brought it up. He's a comedian. He said he made a mistake in the process of trying to be funny. His brain went to a place in the heat of the moment he regrets it went, and now he's presumably trying to fix that instinct.

Problem is. it's a mistake he keeps making.
 

Mael

Member
Problem is a mistake he keeps making.

He's white so of course he's allowed to make a million mistakes before we can even start looking at hints whether or not he's actually not the best guy ever.
Seriously do we need to have the guy actually do something illegal before some of you realize he's not a good guy?
 

D i Z

Member
Wouldn't be a Maher thread without hysterics and extreme hyperbole.



Someone else brought it up. He's a comedian. He said he made a mistake in the process of trying to be funny. His brain went to a place in the heat of the moment he regrets it went, and now he's presumably trying to fix that instinct.

Except he's not. He's verbally on the record saying that it was no big deal, he has nothing else to be questioned about and fuck the haters, his supporters don't give a shit. He's right about that last part.
And this is why he's no good for anyone other than the masses that are just as useless as he is.
 

Chumley

Banned
You would say that, but you can't say how it's not true.

The only people who parrot that bullshit are people who only ever watch his show in YouTube clips when there's controversy. Those moments comprise of maybe 5% of his show. The other 95% is about actual discussions about real causes with liberals both totally unknown and known, along with journalists and politicians. The fact that Maher fucks up a minority of the time does not mean he fucks up all the time. Saying he's hurting the liberal movement is nothing more than a purity test, it's nonsense. If he's crossed a personal line for you on race, fine, but you have to have more to argue with than a personal feeling if you want to make the point that he's literally a threat to the entire liberal movement. A lot of liberal icons would disagree with you, not just me.
 

D i Z

Member
The only people who parrot that bullshit are people who only ever watch his show in YouTube clips when there's controversy. Those moments comprise of maybe 5% of his show. The other 95% is about actual discussions about real causes with liberals both totally unknown and known, along with journalists and politicians. The fact that Maher fucks up a minority of the time does not mean he fucks up all the time. Saying he's hurting the liberal movement is nothing more than a purity test, it's nonsense. If he's crossed a personal line for you on race, fine, but you have to have more to argue with than a personal feeling if you want to make the point that he's literally a threat to the entire liberal movement. A lot of liberal icons would disagree with you, not just me.

Watch his show all the time. Try again. And fuck a liberal movement. I'm talking about getting right with people. The entire context of this discussion is about his views on race. YOU need to come with something other than condescension and a thin movement of goalposts about the actual topic.
 

D i Z

Member
What do you mean by getting right with people?

I don't even know how to respond to this. Nobody could possibly be this dense, but have such conviction to an argument they apparently don't understand.


Edit: Watching Evo. You're gonna have to wait.
 

danm999

Member
A white guy not using the N word and not giving scum free reign to spread hate speech about trans people is a purity test apparently.
 

Chumley

Banned
I don't even know how to respond to this. Nobody could possibly be this dense, but have such conviction to an argument they apparently don't understand.

I was responding to someone saying he's hurting the liberal movement. Now you're saying it's about "getting right with people". I explained where his apology is coming from and why he thinks people are over exaggerating the whole incident, you apparently think it's a lie and that he meant it with malice. Even though he's said he didn't mean it that way. Where else can that conversation go? How is he going to "get right with people" if you automatically default to everything he says being a lie?
 

Speely

Banned
Wouldn't be a Maher thread without hysterics and extreme hyperbole.

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.
 
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