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Ben Shapiro will be on Bill Maher's show on Friday (Original Post) IcyPeas Aug 2021 OP
Why promote Bill Maher? luv2fly Aug 2021 #1
Completely valid question. OnDoutside Aug 2021 #4
Why whine about bill maher???? Nt USALiberal Aug 2021 #26
It was a question luv2fly Aug 2021 #29
Bill better be ready, whiny boy will not shut up. underpants Aug 2021 #2
He will be on the panel part with Malcolm Nance. I hope Malcolm crushes him. IcyPeas Aug 2021 #5
Now that might be worth watching. Crunchy Frog Aug 2021 #13
Oh great Johnny2X2X Aug 2021 #3
I quit watching because I got so tired of his constant and non stop woke bashing. Initech Aug 2021 #10
I'm with ya...Friday nights have become much more pleasant... bahboo Aug 2021 #21
Lol, yet he still has many viewers! Nt USALiberal Aug 2021 #27
He can still be funny Johnny2X2X Aug 2021 #38
Normally I enjoy watching his show, don't get me wrong. Initech Aug 2021 #39
PASS. HARD PASS. 634-5789 Aug 2021 #6
White supremacy leader on the show of a white entitled piece of shit. onecaliberal Aug 2021 #7
That's it, I'm done. Initech Aug 2021 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author PoliticAverse Aug 2021 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author A HERETIC I AM Aug 2021 #15
Ha! That's what I get for not watching. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2021 #17
Oh, that makes me REALLY want to watch. Crunchy Frog Aug 2021 #11
You are free not to watch Gregory Peccary Aug 2021 #12
Maher and Nance will ridicule him. Will definitely watch. Hoyt Aug 2021 #14
Maher has a hard time finding Conservatives to be on the show now. maxsolomon Aug 2021 #16
I posted my comment before I read yours tenderfoot Aug 2021 #23
I know Maher knows it, too, but maxsolomon Aug 2021 #24
Oh, he doesn't care... tenderfoot Aug 2021 #34
I still remember the audience laughing when in early 2016 Ann Coulter said Donald Trump kelly1mm Aug 2021 #41
Cool, he's so ridiculous, they'll eat him for dinner. BlueTsunami2018 Aug 2021 #18
Night of the Twerp... Thomas Hurt Aug 2021 #19
Why would Bill give him oxygen? TheFarseer Aug 2021 #20
Expect a lot of Gish Gallop from Shapiro and Maher letting him go on and on unabated. tenderfoot Aug 2021 #22
When Bill Maher was praising Gov. DeathSantis he lost me. njhoneybadger Aug 2021 #25
His Bummer Games bit was great Sympthsical Aug 2021 #28
I pay not attention to these clowns. hunter Aug 2021 #30
"pay not". ?? USALiberal Aug 2021 #36
Gross! Beaverhausen Aug 2021 #31
I must say I feel a WHOLE lot better about Maher after watching this: nolabear Aug 2021 #32
Have not seen that before. Funny. Thanks. Hoyt Aug 2021 #40
It used to be difficult to view or download the latest Bill Maher from YouTube. Earth-shine Aug 2021 #33
Ppl like Shapiro, bannon, one of many reasons I just can't stomach the guy. He used to be PortTack Aug 2021 #35
Remind me to miss it PlanetBev Aug 2021 #37

Johnny2X2X

(19,006 posts)
3. Oh great
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 04:29 PM
Aug 2021

Two rich white guys get to talk about how woke culture's really got them down and how they're the real victims of everything.

Pathetic.

Initech

(100,054 posts)
10. I quit watching because I got so tired of his constant and non stop woke bashing.
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 04:42 PM
Aug 2021

His show is almost completely unwatchable now. Bill might as well literally beat a horse to death on the air.

Johnny2X2X

(19,006 posts)
38. He can still be funny
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 07:40 PM
Aug 2021

But he seems to think there’s actually a huge cancel culture problem because he takes a few weird examples in the news and makes it seem like it’s happening everywhere all the time. He’s out of touch. He thinks he knows what is going on with young people and on college campuses, but he has no clue.

Initech

(100,054 posts)
39. Normally I enjoy watching his show, don't get me wrong.
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 07:54 PM
Aug 2021

I especially do love watching him take down ultra far right people.

But when he starts complaining about cancel culture and "wokeness", sometimes I'm not sure if I'm watching Real Time or Tucker Carlson.

Initech

(100,054 posts)
8. That's it, I'm done.
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 04:36 PM
Aug 2021

I've had enough of constant nonstop bashing of woke culture, but this crosses a line. No more!

Response to IcyPeas (Original post)

Response to PoliticAverse (Reply #9)

Gregory Peccary

(490 posts)
12. You are free not to watch
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 04:43 PM
Aug 2021

There is an on/off switch.

I'm surprised Shapiro is putting himself in a position to be challenged on live TV. Nance is a tough cookie and I assume he must feel confident he will handle Crapiro since he agreed to be on this panel.

maxsolomon

(33,265 posts)
16. Maher has a hard time finding Conservatives to be on the show now.
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 04:47 PM
Aug 2021

Who wants to defend the indefensible?

Shapiro will Gish Gallop and talk non-stop, and Nance won't even be remotely able to counter it.

Maher's probably trying to demonstrate that he isn't afraid of any one, but this is a really foolish move.

maxsolomon

(33,265 posts)
24. I know Maher knows it, too, but
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 05:12 PM
Aug 2021

these fuckers are TRAINED in Gish Galloping.

there's no way to shut it all down, and it completely derails the conversation.

I believe he'll regret it.

tenderfoot

(8,425 posts)
34. Oh, he doesn't care...
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 05:42 PM
Aug 2021

There so many horrible people he helped to the national stage. Ann Coulter, Kellyanne Conway, Andrew Sullivan, Christine O'Donnell, etc. And he has smooched the derriere of every last one of them.

kelly1mm

(4,732 posts)
41. I still remember the audience laughing when in early 2016 Ann Coulter said Donald Trump
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 04:07 AM
Aug 2021

would win the Republican nomination and be elected president ....... not such a good look in hindsight ....

Sympthsical

(9,064 posts)
28. His Bummer Games bit was great
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 05:26 PM
Aug 2021

We'll see. Sometimes when he has conservatives on, it works. Sometimes not. When they start talking over and around Bill and the other guests, I usually tune out.

nolabear

(41,956 posts)
32. I must say I feel a WHOLE lot better about Maher after watching this:
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 05:28 PM
Aug 2021




I haven’t gotten all the way through it yet but it is GOLD. And he is TERRIBLE.

Earth-shine

(3,971 posts)
33. It used to be difficult to view or download the latest Bill Maher from YouTube.
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 05:29 PM
Aug 2021

In recent weeks, I've noticed that it's become easy to get it and in HD.

They used to be quite diligent in removing it as soon as someone uploaded a copy. It's as if they have given up trying to keep it off YouTube.

I guess they have to give it away to keep up the viewership.

I'd be fine if he were canceled. For a number of reasons, it ain't what it used to be.

PortTack

(32,750 posts)
35. Ppl like Shapiro, bannon, one of many reasons I just can't stomach the guy. He used to be
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 06:00 PM
Aug 2021

Entertaining. Now it seems the only person he wants to entertain is himself

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