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In reply to the discussion: Show of hands, how many adults here enjoy comics... [View all]meadowlander
(4,393 posts)And I'm sorry but Stan Lee was a stronger progressive voice than Bill Maher will ever be and reached a far larger audience. XMen sold over 270 million copies and that doesn't include the audiences for the films. Real Time has an audience of about 2 million. Stan Lee was writing comic books about inclusion, tolerance and the dangers of fascism back in the 60s when Bill Maher was still a snot-nosed kid trying to get a peek up the hot teacher's skirt.
To attack Stan Lee and his fans on the occasion of his death with some poorly reasoned, easily disproven bullshit linking comic book enthusiasm with the decline in reading habits and the election of Trump is irresponsible dickishness and absolutely Maher deserves to be called out on it with as many threads as DU sees fit.
At least Maher is doing it for the publicity. What's your excuse for defending him?