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In reply to the discussion: Stop defending Maher. He's a punk. [View all]bettyellen
(47,209 posts)26. Because people baselessly attacked him and no one said -STFu, let's focus on Trump...
And funny because bots - and RT and Greenwald, TYT are all pushing divisive bullshit against Booker which is HOW WE GOT TRUMP!
Yet people here suddenly forget that.
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True. Voters of color deserve mad respect for not falling for Don the Con- so it's really
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#1
Or we can respect our allies and not cram Maher down their throats - attempting to
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#48
bettyellen, I implore you not to watch Bill Maher! I promise you NO ONE is CRAMMING
Madam45for2923
Jun 2017
#49
Wow. That's even ruder. If you can't have a respectful convo w me because my
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#52
So avoid the topic then if you don't want to read a back & forth on the topic.
Madam45for2923
Jun 2017
#57
I'm told that it was a very nuanced literary reference to both Gone With the Wind
Squinch
Jun 2017
#28
And he'll get forced out, in the start of the Second 8-Year Republican presidency too.
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2017
#36
Have the Republicans not provided an object lesson in the dangers of failing to police one's own?
LeftyMom
Jun 2017
#18
YES! THIS! People correctly said, "hey, that's racist asshole!" He said, "yes, it was! Sorry."
Squinch
Jun 2017
#29
First Griffin, then Maher. Is there a pool to see which Democratic proponent Dems will purge next?
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2017
#39
Purge? Are YOU calling for him to be purged? Because no one else is. So why would you say that?
Squinch
Jun 2017
#47
HuffPo and others have articles about calling for his removal from HBO, and many are not GOPers.
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2017
#54
LOL! You KNOW that's lame. A columnist saying, "people want bill maher fired" is the same
Squinch
Jun 2017
#78
That article made me wonder - would it be such a great loss if he was cancelled?
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#81
Yep. Even Trump would crack a natural smile, one better than his Russian meeting in the Oval Office.
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2017
#84
No. Anything that portrayed real life in the Bronx would send Trump cowering under the sofa.
Squinch
Jun 2017
#87
The conversation here is about taking Maher, or those who thought Maher's slur was edgy, up to the
Squinch
Jun 2017
#91
He's not a progressive. He rejects science, he's a bigot, he's none too fond of women,
LeftyMom
Jun 2017
#19
Basically all of this. I don't care if others watch him but he's not a real liberal- he spends much
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#27
He's a pot progressive -- i.e., a libertarian. He's only an ally when he feels like it.. nt
pnwmom
Jun 2017
#21
The only people who have even raised the possibility of getting his show cancelled are his defenders
Squinch
Jun 2017
#30
I gather you despised Bill Maher before this controversy -- I'd be interested in those specifics
cloudythescribbler
Jun 2017
#11
Because people baselessly attacked him and no one said -STFu, let's focus on Trump...
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#26
There are always a variety of opinions. That's Democracy. Most people here like Booker a lot. On
LBM20
Jun 2017
#35
Most of the people you are dismissing as "cruicifying a person's entire life and character"
JTFrog
Jun 2017
#73
You really don't get that people don't want to go back to shittier less progress eras?
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#79
What in the post you are responding to led you to the conclusion that the poster was not calm?
Squinch
Jun 2017
#37
He is a satirical comedian. It is totally hyperbolic to compare this to Free Republic.
LBM20
Jun 2017
#32
I feel like I should make a metaphorical statement involving and animal too!
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#72
That's one of the most ignorant things I have read. Tons of comedians are culturally
Exilednight
Jun 2017
#85
Then why are so many people saying "it's just a joke"? It's inconsistent reasoning...
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#92
since when should we get all bent out of shape for what a comedian says...George Carlin and Richard
beachbum bob
Jun 2017
#77
He has always been an asshole but now he's a pathetic distraction from the real problem in DC.
FreeStateDemocrat
Jun 2017
#103